How to Use harvestman in a Sentence
harvestman
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García says that harvestmen are generally viewed as slow, fragile, and defenseless animals.
—Jay Kakade july 13, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
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Research has shown, for example, that a species of female harvestmen (as daddy longlegs are also called) will perform fellatio to avoid potential violence from males.
—Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026
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The researchers suspect that harvestmen may target strategic regions of the amphibian's body, thereby significantly restricting the frog's movements.
—Jay Kakade july 13, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
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Daddy longlegs, also called harvestmen, have been documented catching and consuming living frogs larger than themselves in South American rainforests.
—Jay Kakade july 13, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
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But now, a study published in Ecology and Evolution records the predation of frogs by a family of harvestmen (Opiliones), suggesting that such ecological interactions may be more widespread than previously thought.
—Jay Kakade july 13, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
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