What's the proper name for a daddy longlegs?

Originally posted by shavixmir
And am I the only person who finds them absolutely terrifying?

They can hardly fly they're built so stupid. They bump about and bang into things, buzzing like a mosquito. They even flutter in front of the blood monitor (causing me to lose my manly cool and run around the room screaming like a pig on fire).

I've heard they're the most poisonous in ...[text shortened]... ne day these poisonous things will learn to bite us? And we'll all die of daddy-longlegs vemon.

the wiki photo labelled harvestman matches what we call daddy longlegs in texas ... but with longer legs (in tx) ... big clumps of them huddled together in the corners of privies ...

(i thought the black widow is the most poisonous.)

"Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones

"A poisonous myth

There is an urban legend claiming that the daddy longlegs is the most poisonous spider in the world, only its fangs are too small to bite a human, and is thus not actually dangerous. This is untrue on several counts. First, of course, phalangids are not spiders. Many species don't have any poison glands at all. Of those that do, the venom appears to be far less toxic than that of a black widow spider. The size of the fangs varies by species, of course, but even those with relatively long fangs do not bite humans (or other large creatures). The urban legend is probably due to confusion with the Daddy long-legs spider, which can indeed bite and is indeed poisonous, but not dangerously so. More can be read on the debunking of this myth on the Daddy long-legs spider page.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
You're thinking of penguins.

Originally posted by murrow
it's always nice to think of penguins.

we can fly, though.
fly into your window soon as look at you.

Originally posted by shavixmir
There will be no hugging in any of my threads, thank you.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Consider yourself kicked where it hurts most. 😠

the sad thing is spiders do not consider people enemies or food.
People consider spiders both!
Spiders kill mosquitos and other nasty bugs, they are natures
balancing act and therefore our friends if you could only see that.

Originally posted by Nordlys
According to wikipedia, they do not bite humans. I think the "not" is just missing in the article I quoted. The text makes much more sense with the "not", and I also found it very surprising that they are supposed to bite because I have never seen them do it.

Originally posted by shavixmir
IT'S BLOODY ATTACKING ME!
And from behind.

These things have brains and tactics. I'm sure of it. It's looking for a soft spot to try to poison me!

Daddy Long Legs are poisonous but not as much as urban myth says they are. And they can't bite you because their fangs are too soft and dont penetrate far enough. It was on Mythbusters.

Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
Aren't they the ones that go into your arse and lay millions of eggs?
Just wondering.......
😀

do you feel itchy anywhere, shaviximir? ... what've they been doing while you slept? ...

Originally posted by shavixmir
No these are definately insects with very long bodies and 6 legs.

EDIT: and very large wings!

Originally posted by elvendreamgirl
Aren't they the ones that go into your arse and lay millions of eggs?
Just wondering.......
😀