| The hapless harvestman joins a long list of egregious offenders. |
| It is thought that their relative abundance at harvesttime and the scythelike or rakelike appearance of their legs may account for the common name harvestman. |
| Hence the latest, a new species of blind cave arachnid or harvestman from south-eastern Brazil has sent scientists to their much thumbed copies of the Lord of the Rings. |
| After analyzing the DNA of a Florida harvestman, Metasiro americanus, the scientists found that it was not related to other North American species. |
| Few people have heard of the mite harvestman, and fewer still would recognize it at close range. |
| Cellar spiders have also been called daddy long-leg spiders and can be confused with another spider-like relative, commonly known as the harvestman or daddy long-legs. |
