Daddy Long-Legs Spider - All Legs
When I was a kid, it seem like there were Daddy Long-Legs Spiders everywhere. We lived on 8 acres and had two small sheds for our goat and pigs, chicken coop, and a house my Dad built. You could see these spiders in just about every corner of every building. Dad always told me they would not hurt you and he did not want us kids to kill them as he said they caught flies and other unwanted insects.
When I was about 10, I went to stay with a friend at a cabin in Big Bear, CA. I remember waking up one early morning with something in my hand. It was a Daddy Long-Legs Spider. I jumped, screamed (as young girls do) and move fasted. Needless to say, we had to strip the bed and sweep the area before I would go to bed that night!
Today, I usually do as my Dad taught, I leave them alone unless they are in my way. Oh yes, they do make good fly catchers. I hope children will learn to respect these spiders, not fear, but enjoy God's creatures.
When I was about 10, I went to stay with a friend at a cabin in Big Bear, CA. I remember waking up one early morning with something in my hand. It was a Daddy Long-Legs Spider. I jumped, screamed (as young girls do) and move fasted. Needless to say, we had to strip the bed and sweep the area before I would go to bed that night!
Today, I usually do as my Dad taught, I leave them alone unless they are in my way. Oh yes, they do make good fly catchers. I hope children will learn to respect these spiders, not fear, but enjoy God's creatures.
PHOLCID SPIDERS
Pholcid spiders are araneomorph spiders which kill and digest their prey using venom. However there is no scientific basis for the urban myth that daddy-long-legs are the most venomous, poisonous or toxic spiders in the world.
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ARACHNOPHOBIA - FEAR OF SPIDERS
Arachnophobia is the scientific name for the fear of spiders. It is the most common example of an animal-based phobia and many people experience it mildly. For some people it has very intense effects. Different people suffer to different degrees and to those who do not suffer them phobias seem irrational, the afflicted person reacts intensely to the merest sign of the phobia causing animal. It is often difficult, if not impossible, for those of us not suffering to make any sense of what they are experiencing. Fear of Spiders
The family of the Pholcidae normally inhabits warmer regions but Pholcus phalangioides is cosmopolitan finding shelter in the warmth of our houses. Most of the time Pholcus can be found hanging upside down in a loose web in the corner of the ceiling. Its strategy is to remain motionless until a prey passes. And its prey is not what you would expect. It eats mostly other spiders. One of the spiders it eats is the much larger house-spider of the genus Tegenaria , the large hairy funnel-web spider that is one of the main causes of 'arachnophobia', the fear of spiders. Daddy Long-Legs
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"The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out"
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REMARKS: Daddy-long-leg spider are many times confused with "Daddy-long- legs" which are Opiliones (Harvestmen).
Harvestmen are arachnids (8-legged arthropods) but NOT spiders. Spiders have two body parts (fused head-thorax and abdomen), two fangs, and produce silk. Harvestmen do not produce silk, have no fangs, and have one body part, not two as in spiders, nor three as in insects. Spiders have waist, Harvestmen do not. For more info on Harvestmen:
arachnology
Harvestmen are arachnids (8-legged arthropods) but NOT spiders. Spiders have two body parts (fused head-thorax and abdomen), two fangs, and produce silk. Harvestmen do not produce silk, have no fangs, and have one body part, not two as in spiders, nor three as in insects. Spiders have waist, Harvestmen do not. For more info on Harvestmen:
arachnology
- Spiders - Scientific Page
- Here you will see the parts of a spider.
Did you know that the Daddy Long Legs Spider is also called the Vibrating Spider. It got this name because it is know, when threatened, to start gyrating its body until it becomes a blur. Shaking so fast, it becomes almost invisible, this confusing its potential predators.
Rumor has it, but I have not been able to confirm, that its legs are so long and awkward that at times the spider will chew its legs to adjust for the awkwardness. - Explorit Science Center
- Spiders are classified into a special group called the Araneae that separates the spiders from the ticks, mites, and scorpions. A distinguishing characteristic of spiders (Araneae) is that they have a very slender waist or pedicel separating the cephalothorax from the abdomen. The cephalothorax is covered by a tough carapace. Spiders are believed to have existed for more than 300 million years.
- Enchanted Learning
- Great site for kids to learn about many things
- Entomology - University of Nebraska
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- spunkyduckling spunkyduckling Nov 24, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
- Spiders are the worst thing ever! I suffer Arachnophobia and there is no way I'm going to be convinced that they are good. Killing a few flies here or there don't earn them credit in my eyes! They deserve to die and they all bite. Squeeze one by the mouth and you will see! Arrrggghhhh..I'm gonna freak out here...it's gross to see them on t shirts.
If the daddy long legs you're speaking about is the same I have in mind then those are the only kind I'll welcome into my home. They are so fragile, easily killed and no bother. As for the rest they look too fierce.
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- dc64 dc64 Nov 19, 2009 @ 10:18 am
- Before I got my ceiling up in my house, those creatures were everywhere. I don't like spiders, friendly or not, and my son would carry them outside when he found them. Not a day has gone by when I haven't seen one. Of course, of all spiders, I would rather have them than any others.
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- JonathanPowell JonathanPowell Aug 29, 2009 @ 2:23 pm
- If you need to catch one of these critters without harming it, check out http://www.squidoo.com/bugbuster
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- OhMe OhMe Aug 23, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
- We used to play with Daddy Long Legs and I always heard that they only lived for one day. Great lens. Thanks for the lensroll and comments on my Writing Spider lens and I am lensrolling, too.
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- BigGirlBlue BigGirlBlue Jul 23, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
- A funny thing--I always thought they were called "Dandy-Long-Legs". Too funny. Learned something new, all thanks to you. ;D
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