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20-12-2009, 04:45 PM
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20-12-2009, 08:29 PM
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Any other information like size, habitat, time of the year, etc? Also an estimate as to the length of the second leg would help. Any other angles?
As a first guess I would be thinking about Phalangium opilio, especially with those rather spiny femora. But they usually have a darker coloured 'saddle' on their backs; although this isn't always present especially in the males.
Rilaena triangularis is also possible and if the second leg was less than 18 mm Paroligolophus agrestis may be worth a thought.
Best wait for a second opinion from Gordon though.
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21-12-2009, 10:50 AM
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Thanks Geoff! WOW! Gonna have to make a note of those diagnostic features as well as remember to note date, habitat, etc. 
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21-12-2009, 11:22 AM
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Hi Serendipity,
That spikiness... even on the raised eye section... makes me think the rare Opilio parietinus - but best wait for Gordon to have a look! 
See http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...021-post7.html
Take care, Jason 
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21-12-2009, 03:21 PM
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Hi Jason mate!
If im honest its exactly what i was thinking and kept going back to Janets post and googling! But didnt want to say anything for fear of looking a fool! Or at least proving im one lol! 
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21-12-2009, 03:25 PM
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*duplicate post *
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21-12-2009, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by serendipity  Hi Jason mate!
If im honest its exactly what i was thinking and kerpt going back to janets post and googling! but didnt want to say anything for fear of looking a fool! or at least proving im one lol! | Just to clear something up - her individual wasn't the rare one, but after that Gordon ( Action_Man) posted a picture of it to show how distinctive it is ( which you will see in the Single Post link I added to my previous post).
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21-12-2009, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Green | It's not Opilio parietinus, their legs are extremely long (longer than L. rotundum) and the body is also very spiny.
The large eyes with raised spinules looks like Rilaena triangularis, I had a female which is pale but had a little more marking on the back.
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21-12-2009, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by JRsbugs It's not Opilio parietinus, their legs are extremely long (longer than L. rotundum) and the body is also very spiny. | Yes, I read his description of parietinus too - and from this angle for me it doesn't look far off. His photo doesn't show the leg length but does the spikiness - which for me looks OK around the occular tubercle in her picture. As Geoff says the second leg length should be 35-55mm, but you can't see the length of either second leg in her picture as they extend out of frame so I therefor didn't rule it out on that.
Still, Opiliones really aren't my area, so I won't try...
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21-12-2009, 07:14 PM
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Here's my confimed female Rilaena triangularis   | | | |
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