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title: "European Harvestman"
description: "Phalangium opilio — Insetti e ragni. Phalangium opilio (also known as the common harvestman, brown harvestman and daddy longlegs) is a species of harvestman belonging to the family Phalangiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/european-harvestman
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# European Harvestman

> Phalangium opilio — Insetti e ragni. Phalangium opilio (also known as the common harvestman, brown harvestman and daddy longlegs) is a species of harvestman belonging to the family Phalangiidae.

- Scientific name: *Phalangium opilio*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 60096
- Wikidata: [Q21059](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21059)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84644](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84644)

## Names

- en: European Harvestman
- de: Hornweberknecht
- es: Araña patona
- fr: Faucheur des murailles
- nl: Gewone hooiwagen
- pl: Kosarz pospolity

## Countries with the most observations

US (9180), FR (5199), CA (4472), DE (3407), RU (1579), AT (1527), PL (1451), NZ (1142), IT (1051), GB (1050), CZ (742), ES (715)

## Summary

Phalangium opilio (also known as the common harvestman, brown harvestman and daddy longlegs) is a species of harvestman belonging to the family Phalangiidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalangium_opilio

## Photo

![European Harvestman](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-harvestman/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191157326

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-harvestman?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).