The Truth About Daddy-Longlegs - Page 2

youngster · 05-28-12, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Will0W783

Nice article! I've only ever referred to the Huntsman as Daddy-Longlegs though.

Same here, but yeah very informative well written article.

kernel · 05-30-12, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by youngster

Same here, but yeah very informative well written article.

Yea, I always reffered to the huntsman as a daddy longlegs too.

alessia55 · 05-30-12, 12:49 PM

This was really well written. I never knew about these... I also referred to any long-legged spider as a "Daddy-LongLegs," so this was really good to read. Keep writing!

Falco21 · 05-30-12, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DeEuGi

... i may sound like an idiot here, but i heard, and possibly read, that daddy long legs, (the cellar spiders ) are some of the most venomous spiders out there, there fangs just cant puncture skin????

again, i believe i heard this on animal planet, OR nat geo magazine, dont remember where excactly, but i remember hearing it....

I may sound like an idiot, but that was written in the OP's article LOL

Awesome article though. Very informative. Now I can tell people when they see a "Daddy Long-Legs", that there really is no such thing hehe

Falco21 · 05-30-12, 01:38 PM

This article is also very true.

The scientific name for the "Daddy Long-Legs", is Pholcidae, which in turn, is commonly known as the Cellar Spider. So in essence, the "true" Daddy Long-Legs, is the Cellar Spider. The Harvestman and the Ceane Fly are actually distant relatives, one being an arachnid, not a spider, and the other being an insect.

Awesome finding OP.

**Pareeeee** · 05-30-12, 03:18 PM

Thanks everyone! Glad you liked the article. Maybe I'll write some more. I've always been a creepy crawly fanatic. I think I was the only three year old that, when people would ask me "what do you want to be when you grow up?", would respond "an Entomologist", lol.

Learning about bugs and critters that "normal people" don't like has always been a hobby of mine. I love learning about any animal though!

SidewaysAt100 · 05-31-12, 12:34 PM

Very interesting article. Thanks

hellosugaree · 05-31-12, 08:19 PM

The cellar spider has always been daddy longlegs to me. It's interesting to hear that some other crazy folks out there are calling other things daddy longlegs. I thought everyone only called the true daddy longlegs by that name ;P