I just need to see if this is true or not, as some people say yes and some say no, soooooo do Daddy Long Legs' contain venom? But because there teeth can't penitrate our skin they can't poison us?
- Dale
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2006-11-01 03:37:13 · 30 answers · asked by dalehay87 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Argh! This question is asked every day and people still write rubbish about it being true.
There's absolutely no evidence that Daddy Long Legs (and for the Yanks out there this is the same as a Crane fly in the UK) contains any venom at all.
This has been scientifically tested. No venom, non-toxic. It's a myth. Farts are deadlier!
2006-11-01 03:48:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
There are lots of arthropods that are called daddy long legs.
None of them are super venomous.
The Harvestman is the thing that I'm most used to hearing referred to as a daddy long legs. While it's an arachnid it isn't even a true spider and has no venom at all.
There is a variety of spider that's called a daddy long legs as well, among other things. It's a common cobweb spider. There have never been any known instances of anyone being poisoned by them, in any way.
Crane flies don't have venom, they're just long legged flies.
2006-11-01 04:14:43 · answer #2 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's a complete lie.
Ricky Gervais has a lot to answer for!
Wow, having seen the crap so many of the answerers churned out, IT REALLY IS NOT TRUE! Check the wiki reference up thread, look at snopes, trust me because I'm a biologist :p, do whatever it takes to convince you...Crane Flies are not venomous AT ALL. The spiders known as Daddy Long Legs in the US *can* bite humans and they *are* venomous but their venom is not very potent - has no real effect on humans at all.
2006-11-01 11:39:43 · answer #3 · answered by lauriekins 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is likely the spinoff from an old urban myth that the daddy long-leg spider(cellar spider) has a highly toxic venom, but can't bite. The crane fly, AKA daddy long-legs, is a harmless insect and produces no venom of any kind, nor are they known to bite. This makes them totally harmless. Your information is false.
2016-05-23 02:52:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw this investigated on myth busters. They do contain venom, it is strong but not as deadly as some other spiders and they contain such a tiny amount that you would need 500 to make a mouse feel woozy.
The teeth actually can penetrate the skin but not very deeply and it just feels like a tingle cos the fangs are so thin. Nothing to worry about!
2006-11-02 02:48:29 · answer #5 · answered by allears 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daddy-longlegs (Opiliones) - Eat decomposing vegetative and animal matter although, they are opportunist predators if they can get away with it. They do NOT have venom glands, fangs or any other mechanism for chemically subduing their food. Therefore, they do not have poison and, by the powers of logic, cannot be poisonous from venom. Some have defensive secretions that might be poisonous to small animals, if ingested.
2006-11-01 04:17:29 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Carol♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
all spiders are venomous so yes they are. There is a myth about daddy longlegs that says they are the most venomous but this is not true their venom is mild and if we got bitten it would just turn a little red and itch. The most venomous spider is the funnleweb spider.
2006-11-03 11:55:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is NOT AT ALL TRUE!!!! A daddy longlegs isn't even a spider, they are in the same family as mites. They are NOT venomous at all. This MYTH was tested last season on the Mythbusters show on the Discovery channel. Daddy longlegs are harmless creatures that stroll around eating up dead vegetable matter; they have no reason to bite anything.
2006-11-01 03:46:29 · answer #8 · answered by dirkle1 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
In the UK a Daddy Long Legs is a HARMLESS Crane fly.
In the US it's a spider…it is the spider that is supposed to be poisonous (but that appears to be a myth).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Long-Legs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
The salient bits from Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae
Most venomous?
There is an urban legend stating that Daddy long-legs spiders have the most potent venom of any spider, but that their chelicera (fangs) are either too small or too weak to puncture human skin...
...In 2004 the Discovery Channel show MythBusters set out to test the daddy long-legs myth (season 1, episode 13 "Buried in Concrete")...
... This appears to confirm the suspicion that pholcids can penetrate human skin, but that their venom is practically harmless to humans. Additionally, recent research has shown that pholcid venom is actually relatively weak in its effects on insects as well.
2006-11-01 03:56:54 · answer #9 · answered by Mr Crusty 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Daddy longlegs and craneflies are different things, although both have long spindly legs. Neither of them are venomous or anything to be worried about.
2006-11-01 15:58:06 · answer #10 · answered by Strix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋