New species of harvestman discovered for Ireland
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Like spiders and scorpions, harvestmen are members of the group of invertebrates known as arachnids. Brian Murray is one of the founders of the microWild project, a native wildflower meadow and invertebrate reserve in Co. Wicklow, and he has managed to discover a species of harvestmen that had never before been recorded in Ireland.
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