Harvestmen (Opiliones)
Arthropoda > Chelicerata -> Arachnida -> Opiliones
Okay, so maybe most harvestmen aren’t technically soil-based creatures, but they do predate on soil fauna, and they’re photogenic - that’s good enough for me! Loads of arachnid information, including how to contribute to UK recording schemes, is available at the British Arachnological Society’s website here.
Pettalidae sp. (NZ)
Triaenonychidae, possibly Algidia sp. (Victoria Park, NZ)
Pantopsalis sp. (NZ)
Juvenile Opilio canestrinii
Triaenonychinae sp. (NZ)
Juvenile Mitostoma chrysomelas
Anelasmocephalus cambridgei
Megabunus diadema
Megabunus diadema
Rilaena triangularis
Rilaena triangularis
Nelima gothica
Opilio saxatalis
Parastitic Leptus sp. nymph feeding on a Harvestman (Oligolophus hanseni)
Parastitic Leptus sp. nymph feeding on a Harvestman
Nemastoma bimaculatum
Platybunus pinetorum
Platybunus pinetorum
Immature Platybunus pinetorum
Mitostoma chrysomelas
Mitostoma chrysomelas
Immature Mitostoma sp.
Paroligolophus agrestis
Nemastoma bimaculatum
juvenile Mitostoma chrysomelas
Pettalidae sp. (NZ)