2006-09-12 10:36:36 · 13 answers · asked by M B 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
they should all be dying off by the end of the month when the weather cools off.
2006-09-12 10:39:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They seem to be everywhere: climbing over raspberry bushes and woodpiles, loping along woodland paths, or resting on cabin walls. With each trip outdoors we are likely to encounter these creatures that resemble split peas supported on eight long stilts. The gangly, fast-moving creatures are instantly recognized as daddy long-legs.
Although they resemble spiders, daddy long-legs, more correctly called harvestmen, are neither spiders nor insects. Taxonomically, they are arthropods, in the same class as spiders, Arachnida, but in a different order, Phalangida. Anatomically daddy long-legs differ from spiders because their three body segments -- head, thorax and abdomen, are joined as one compact body segment. Spiders have two body segments -- the head and thorax are joined as the cephalothorax, and the abdomen is the second body segment. Insects, which are taxonomically in the class Insecta, have three distinct body segments.
Let daddy long-legs crawl onto your hand. It won't bite and you probably won't even feel it unless its second pair of legs is gently touching and exploring your hand. Take a closer look. The tiny black dot on top of its body is a raised knob or tubercle with two minute black eyes peering out. The body supports six pairs of appendages, the chelicerae, pedipalps and four pairs of legs. The chelicerae or jaws, and the short leg-like pedipalps are used for sensing, capturing and holding food until it is eaten.
The daddy long-legs' most impressive feature is its four pairs of long slender legs, which may be up to 30 times as long as its body. Each leg has seven segments and curves out at the tip. If the daddy long-legs is in danger of being caught, it can break off a portion of its legs and then escape while the detached legs continue to quiver in front of a confounded predator. Daddy long-legs can grow new legs to replace the broken ones.
2006-09-12 10:42:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can they really grow new legs? I think they are so graceful to watch there has been hundreds in my garden the last few nights I think the seasons over at the end of this month.
2006-09-12 10:49:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they can.Ive grown up around Grand Daddy Long Legs and I love them,when I was little I would pick one up in my hand and let it climb all over my arm. I hope The seson isn't over soon, I love those guys
2006-09-12 11:43:20 · answer #4 · answered by Morgan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IS that like open hunting season on fathers over a certain height?
If so can you eat what you Kill?
2006-09-12 13:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by toonarmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully soon cos i hate them, them and their spindly legs, errgggg they give me the creeps, i want to open my window but can't cos they will all come in and then ill be to afraid to sleep, roll on winter, that when all the creepy crawlies die, Hurrah.
2006-09-12 10:44:35 · answer #6 · answered by LOULOU37 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Y'know, I've hardly seen any this year. Maybe the season is getting shorter?
BTW - this is in the PETS section???
2006-09-12 10:40:32 · answer #7 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was hoping it was! not seen any for ages, but got attacked by 2 buggers today! so not soon enough for my liking!
2006-09-12 10:42:15 · answer #8 · answered by greenday_fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what? hunting season? runs april to december i think.
2006-09-12 10:38:44 · answer #9 · answered by pauldbrownlie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it gets squashed
2006-09-12 10:40:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋