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Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

by ohmu
Jul 30, 2003 10:56 PM · 1443 views · 76.9 k · 640 x 480

Keywords: spider daddy long legs

Is it true that these guys being one of the most venomous spiders but harmless to humans because they can't penetrate our skin?
mikaso
Aug 15, 2003 11:47 PM
nah, those don't even have poison glands !
so_confused
Feb 23, 2004 7:01 PM
Rating: 4/5
nice pic! i didnt n=know that those big daddies(or should i say small daddies) were yellowish colored on the body.
marcus11x
Feb 24, 2004 4:07 PM
Mikaso is right. I was curious about the myth as well, and found that a myth is all it is. They don't produce any type of venom.
serpentnut
Mar 14, 2004 7:31 AM
Very true. Actually, they are not even siders. They aare arachnids, but belong to their own group.
Emeraulde
Mar 18, 2004 11:20 PM
Actually, this picture isn't a daddy long legs! I can't remember the name, but I think it's like a Huntsman or something like that...I might be confusing the name but definately sure a daddy long legs has two body pieces like other spiders and *is* part of the spider family whereas this critter is not.
Missheru
Mar 20, 2004 5:00 PM
This is an "harvestmen", a common name for the opiliones. Opiliones are not spiders but belong to the arachnida class. The opiliones do not have poison glands nor fangs. They do not have silks glans neither.
"daddy long legs" are spiders who belong in the "pholcidae" familly.
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