is adaddy long legs an arachnid?

Answer 1

Sigh,

Well, together, the people replying were almost right. The main issue is different people use the same name for many different creatures. My brother is a biologist, and i studied some too. I think i know more than him though...

1) In the UK, they call a crane fly a "daddy long legs". This is a fly, with six-legs, as jean said, but these have wings. They are Insects, not arachnids. I never heard 'ginny spiner' before though, thanks xoxo.

2) In America (and lots of other places), they call a 'cellar-spider' a daddy long legs. These have eight-legs, are real spiders, have no wings, and are arachnids. Furthermore, they are pholcid spiders, like macaroni said, in the family Pholcidae. In the ORDER Araneae = spiders, CLASS Arachnida

3) In much of the world, people refer to another type of arachinds, as 'daddy-long legs'. These are otherwise called harvestmen, or opiliones, which are another type of arachnids. But not spiders.

4) In some parts of the world, they refer to an orchid plant as a daddy long legs... but i just learnt that. Thanks amaara.

So. If the creature is an arthropod (a group of invertebrate animals), if it has wings and six-legs, it is a crane fly, and not an arachnid. If it does not have wings, then it is an arachnid. But, then you have two choices, it is either a Pholcid spider (which have a distinct abdomen), or a harvestmen (an opilionid), which do not have two distinct body segments.

But. If it is green with pretty flowers, its an orchid.

Please consider giving amaara the points, she taught me something tonight. [maybe macaroni or xoxo too, they were close] Dont give 'the good girl' the points though, she just looks too much like me. But, empathy hugs to her, and hugs to all.

Answer 2

In these parts (the Caribbean), Daddy Long Legs, is a common name for a spider, which is of course an arachnid. In some countries, there would be different species which are called by the same common name. Knowledge of the scientific name usually helps clears that up.

In Mexico and South America, Daddy Longlegs refer to an orchid with the species name: Brassavola cucullat.

Hope this clears it up ... it's both a spider and an orchid depending on where you are.

Answer 3

Yes its an arachnid, along with spiders, scorpions, mites ticks and several others. They belong to the order Opiliones, wihc are not spiders as many people believe, it is a seperate order which includes all the harvestmen, or daddy long legs as they are commonly called.

Answer 4

no it has 6 legs arachnid has 8

Answer 5

There are two creatues that are called Daddy long legs. One is the Long-bodied Cellar spider and the other is a a harvestman. They are both arachnids.

Answer 6

Yes. Another word for arachnid is spider... and a daddy long legs is definitely a spider. A big one....

Answer 7

Yes, the daddy long legs is in the "Pholcidae" family in the class of arachnids. it's a type of spider too.
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Answer 8

Both of the critters commonly referred to as Daddy long legs in the United States are indeed arachnids.

Nnjamerson above has excellently and completely explained the problem with the name 'Daddy long legs' and the problem with common names in general.

In fact, her answer is so excellent, I'm going to save it and reference it in the future when I'm asked this question (which is quite often).

Thanks nnjamerson. You definitely deserve Best Answer.

Answer 9

Daddy longlegs
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Daddy longlegs is an ambiguous common name referring to several unrelated terrestrial arthropods which have in common extremely long slender legs. Its use is highly regional, so the "Daddy longlegs" of one area is completely different from another. In parts of the UK the "Daddy Longlegs" is known as the "Ginny Spinner." It is common names like these which spurred development of the formal scientific classification system.

Answer 10

Of course, it is a spider, and spiders belong in the class Arachnida.