this year in my area we have had loads of daddy long legs...invading my home when the windows are open....do they bite? does anyone know?
2006-09-16 23:32:14 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
hello there.
no your not the only one. im sick of going to have a wash in the morning and scooping one out the sink. there are 2 types of them did you know. there is a smaller one which the body is thin and wings are quite delicate the other one has a much wider body and stronger wings. the larger one has a point on the end of its bodu like a tail and this is a sting. bit like a wasp sting. where as the smaller one is harmless. hope this helps.
2006-09-16 23:40:05 · answer #1 · answered by amanda y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daddy longlegs, or harvestmen, are relatives of true spiders. Like spiders, they have eight legs. But, these dads can drop a leg or two to get away from an enemy. Some daddy longlegs spiders' are moms.
Daddy-long-legs spiders have venom glands and fangs but their tiny fangs are fused at the base and they cannot open their jaws wide enough to bite humans. As they cannot bite humans, their venom has not been studied in detail. As far as Dr Mike Gray (senior archeologist at the Australian Museum) knows, there is no evidence in the scientific literature to suggest that the venom of daddy-long-legs could harm humans.
However daddy-long-legs kill and eat other spiders, including Redback Spiders whose venom CAN be fatal to humans. Perhaps this is the origin of the rumor that daddy-long-legs are the most venomous spiders in the world. It might be argued that if they can kill a deadly spider, they must be even more deadly themselves, but daddy-long-legs only need to be quicker to bite, not more venomous.
2006-09-17 06:42:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are a lot around this year, perhaps the warm summer had something to do with it, but September is their time of year.
Daddy Long legs don't bite, well I've never been bitten and I've been picking them up for years.
My 17 year old daughter has a phobia against them ( one landed on her headboard when she was about two years old, and she's been scared of them ever since) I have to catch any that come into our house ( I don't like killing them) while she shuts herself in another room.
Our cats like catching them also, they always eat them, perhaps they are tasty.
2006-09-17 07:51:59 · answer #3 · answered by BevA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was released a month ago by the National Obsersvation of Animals (NOA) that this years number of Crane Flies (Daddy Long-Legs) has risen 19% nationwide.
The reason as of yet is unclear but they are not worried at this happening and is being registered as an amonaly. A current investigation as to its cause and effect is presently underway.
2006-09-17 07:21:56 · answer #4 · answered by Dominic N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We ahve hundreds of them too. The dogs eat them though - but apart from just being generally annoying buzzing around lights and on the ceiling they don't bite. I think I would know as I get terrible insect bites and they don't bother me at all.
Get a dog or a cat as they love playing with them!
Also to get rid of them I turn on an outside light - turn off the house lights and they fly out if the stupid things find the open window!
2006-09-17 06:36:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know if they bite i dont think they do but this year my area has been invaded by wasps would rather have the daddy long legs i think lol
2006-09-17 06:35:08 · answer #6 · answered by helen34 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They dont bite cos their fangs are too small to penetrate human skin, they are totally harmless.
They are very annoying and persistant but they keep away the more deadly breeds of spiders, so keeping a few around is good.
2006-09-17 07:21:02 · answer #7 · answered by Krystle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah loads of daddy long legs round our way (midlands) was only talking to my dad about it today. there seems loads more than usual...
2006-09-17 15:07:56 · answer #8 · answered by s j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are everywhere,its the time of year,dont worry they only live for a few weeks and they dont bite,there should be none by october.
2006-09-17 06:35:09 · answer #9 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they are not poisonous and do not bite they just want a warm place to live and chances are they r more afraid of u then u r of them
2006-09-17 10:06:33 · answer #10 · answered by Bond, James Bond 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋