DSC_6920 Long-legged harvestman (Forsteropsalis sp.) small immature male resting on sandstone. Denniston Plateau *
11005-15619 Long-legged harvestman (Forsteropsalis chiltoni) two males displaying enormous chelicerae. Pryse Peak, Stewart Island *
11005-15605 Long-legged harvestman (Forsteropsalis fabulosa) large male with enormous chelicerae. Male harvestman such as these may possess the most exaggerated weapons in the animal kingdom. Their chelicerae may comprise 50% of their body weight and in some species individual males will display elongated (sword-like), or short broad (dagger-like), forms within the same population. Rangataua Forest *
