2006-09-24 11:28:45 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Its not a spider is a bloody crane fly :)
2006-09-24 11:30:22 · answer #1 · answered by Charley G 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
In Australia the Daddy Long Legs is a well known house spider. There is a common myth that this spider has the deadliest venom of all arachnids but cannot harm humans due to having small fangs that cannot break our skin. While the general toxicity of this spider is unknown, the myth of it having deadly venom is just that, a myth. In actuality there are many more spiders whose venom will do you much more harm, among others, the funnel-web spider and the Brazilian Wandering spider.
In the U.K the crane fly is referred to as a Daddy Longlegs. This is not a spider, it is in fact just a large fly. They are not deadly, as I'm sure many of you will testify!
For more info on crane flies see www.the-piedpiper.co.uk, or visit www.usq.edu.au/spider/index.htm for info on the Daddy Long Legs.
2006-09-24 22:52:48 · answer #2 · answered by wakeupblondie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
The flying daddy long legs is not a spider and also not deadly, in fact it doesn't even have teeth/fangs or a sting,
However there is a tropical spider called Daddy long legs which is poisonous and probably the reason for the confusion of the two.
2006-09-24 22:45:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. True “daddy-long-legs” are spiders and they aren’t remotely dangerous to humans.
“Daddy-long-legs” is the common name for a spider of the family Pholcidae. They have 2 body basic body parts (cephalothorax and abdomen), have 8 eyes most often clumped together in the front of the body, the abdomen shows no evidence of segmentation, have 8 legs all attached to the front most body part (the cephalothorax) and make webs out of silk. The most common pholcid spiders found Europe and the UK is Pholcus phalangioides.
Their venom is completely harmless to mammals, and their “fangs” are far too small and weak to pierce human skin anyway.
2006-09-24 11:42:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, daddy long legs are spiders, and yes, they are the most deadly of spiders, but they can't actually bite the humans, so you're okay.
2006-09-24 12:33:05 · answer #5 · answered by me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Brazilian Wandering Spider is regarded with the aid of fact the deadliest spider interior the international. interior of sight to tropical and subtropical areas of South u . s ., Brazilian Wandering Spiders are fairly rapid, fairly venomous, and fairly aggressive. They improve to around 4 to 5 inches. grownup spiders devour super bugs, small lizards, and mice. that is venom is sufficient to kill 255 mice. Brazilian Wandering Spiders have grew to become up in different areas of the international as they have been typical to often cover in clusters of bananas. Daddy-longlegs (Opiliones) - those arachnids make their residing by ability of ingesting decomposing vegetative and animal count whether are opportunist predators in the event that they might get away with it. they have not got venom glands, fangs or the different mechanism for chemically subduing their foodstuff. for this reason, they have not got poison and, by ability of the powers of excellent judgment, won't be able to be poisonous from venom. some have protecting secretions which would be poisonous to small animals if ingested. So, for those daddy-long-legs, the story is obviously fake.
2016-10-17 21:56:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never thought of daddy long legs as spiders or deadly. They seem to be quite harmless little creatures.
2006-09-24 11:31:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes daddy long legs are spiders. And if they could bite you yes they would be the most deadly. But there mouths are so small so they cant bite you.
2006-09-24 11:34:43 · answer #8 · answered by TCCgurl2010 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They are NOT craneflies. A cranefly looks like a gigantic mosquito. They are not spiders but are in the arachnid family. I always told people they don't bite until I handed my child one and it bent its face down and punctured his hand. From the yelling it hurt too so they do bite. They are NOT poisonous but they are carnivorous and will stalk and catch bugs, insects, and smaller daddy long legs.
2006-09-24 11:47:01 · answer #9 · answered by twistedmouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daddy long legs are not spiders. They can be poisonous though.
2006-09-24 12:20:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are the most deadly spider in this world but their fangs can't bite through shin. Spider have eight legs, daddy long legs have eight legs, it is a spider.
2006-09-24 11:32:51 · answer #11 · answered by ♥Confused♥ 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋