2007-09-08 13:16:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
If you're speaking of Pholcus phalangioides or Holocnemus pluchei, which are the common ones in the US, yes, it is a spider.
However, the creatures most correctly called daddy-longlegs are in their own separate order, which is Opiliones.
There's pictures here for reference;
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
2007-09-08 13:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the animal kingdom, 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. It may refer to:
A crane fly (Tipulidae) (in U.K. English), which is an insect. In Scotland it is also called a "Jenny longlegs".
A harvestman (Opiliones) (in American English), which is an arachnid.
A Daddy long-legs spider (several Pholcidae, but most often Pholcus phalangioides), which is a true spider.
2007-09-08 22:35:36 · answer #2 · answered by snakekeeper27 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question has been asked on here before. The answer was that the Daddy long legs is not a true spider. It's related, but a separate order by itself.
2007-09-08 20:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by Derail 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Count their legs to see if they have the typical eight of a spider.
2007-09-08 23:05:23 · answer #4 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
duh
2007-09-08 20:24:51 · answer #5 · answered by unbreakablexxx3 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋