#Arachtober 3: meet a representative of another order of arachnids, Opiliones (a.k.a. harvesters, harvestmen, daddy-long-legs [though this can also refer to a kind of spider, crane flies, and even a plant]). They have some key differences from spiders: head and abdomen segments fused together; no silk or venom (i.e. they are entirely harmless); only two eyes; and instead of using pedipalps to transfer sperm during mating, they have an intromittent (insertable) organ, a penis or aedeagus.
I think this is the common species _Phalangium opilio_, introduced from Europe. There are several thousand different species in this order!
Less magnified view that is still a bit too close to fit the ends of the legs in.
Close-up photo of an opilionid, an arachnid with one roundish body segment and extremely long skinny legs, sitting on a large rock. It is golden-brown with a dark brown splotch on its back. Its two beady little beyes are set in a raised tubercle near the front of its head.