Flat harvestman

I've noticed a few of these harvestmen on the garden fence over the last few days. They stay in this flattened pose for hours, but when disturbed stand up on their legs in normal harvestman-style and scuttle away. I thought this habit might help with identification and, sure enough, I was able to home in on the species quite easily - Dicranopalpus ramosus. I love the 'tuning fork' like pedipalps.

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