Harvestman
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Leiobunum rotundum
Common & widespread in Britain.
Sometimes confused with Daddy-longlegs.
The legs can be self-amputated if it is in danger of predation, but they do not regenerate.
Although the Harvestman has no fangs, poison glands, or silk glands, it can protect itself with the scent glands on the front of its body.
The scent glands produce a secretion that repels predators.
The species has three different types of nephrocytes.
Numerous large nephrocytes occur in clusters between the muscles in the anterior region of the body.