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Harvestman a shepherd of tea-garden

It was one of my spider expeditions in some hill area of above 7400 feet high from sea level in rainy season and I spotted this on a tree trunk thickly covered with green moss in a tree garden. The order name Opiliones comes from the Latin word opilio, which means shepherd. Harvestmen reminded earlier people of European shepherds who walked on stilts to get a good view of their flock. So they are sometimes referred to as shepherd spiders, though they aren't spiders!

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Camera NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model NIKON D500
Focal Length 105mm
Shutter Speed 1/250
ISO 100
Date taken 28/06/2019 16:18
Date modified 01/01/1970 05:30
Exposure Bias 0.00
Aperture f/20.0

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