Daddy Long Legs are not the Most Venomness Creature

[Malt_Vinegar]

sensible stuff

Amen

 

[silversurfer]

The are very poisonous, but remember we are talking about this:

So that spider has more lethal poison then a black widow, why would it need it when its so small

 

[Coran]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't. I went to school in the Canary Islands and the playing grounds were covered in these. No injuries ever recorder and the lil critters must have suffered a fair bit. It was almost a shocker to see an 8 legged spider. Considering ages ranged from 3-18 I'd expect a fair few people must have eaten them as a dare too.

Conclusion: harmless

 

[Vai]

More important than how venomous they are is how annoying they are.

When its crane fly/daddy long legs season they are everywhere. I have to keep my door shut otherwise you get 1-2 in every hour, every night. Plus they are slow and stupid so flit around the light. Unlike other stuff which flies out of the room quick or just stays on the wall somewhere.

 

[jellybeard999]

It is


No it isn't. Thats a Jimmy Spinner. People incorrectly calling it that have simply wrongly taken the name for something else and applied it to the crane fly.

I'll let you stick to your meatspin nicknames, but we call it (the crane fly) Daddy Long Legs around here too

 

[Von Luck]

Jimmy Spinner? Wtf?

Crane Fly = Daddy Long Legs, always has.

 

[dbmzk1]

Daddy long legs = Crane Fly. Never heard of a jimmy spinner.

The spider otherwise called the daddy long legs (top picture) is not very venomous at all.

 

[benjo plz.]

Daddy long legs = Crane Fly.

I think people are also mixing up harvestmen and pholcidae.

 

[Trojan]

Jimmy spinner !!! What on earth is that northern nonsense

That's not northern nonsense, that's Gilly nonsense

Heard the odd few people call them Jimmy Longlegs, and Jenny Longlegs, but most people I know just call them Daddy Longlegs. Never heard anyone call one a Jimmy Spinner before.

 

[Slinky1989]

What's this about jimmy's, jenny's and spinners?

Never heard any of them around these parts

 

[Tefal]

Why are the daddy long legs flies so damn retarded ? I've seen one fly into a candle* ffs how can they still exist?




* yes this does rank up there as one of the funniest things I've seen

 

[Gobbledegeek]

News to me, someone told be this myth ages ago and I thought it was a bit suspect then. So own up who thought it was true?

I believe this myth arose from the fact that the Daddy Long-Legs is known to eat the Red Backs which certainly are amongst the top few most venomous spiders. Why on Earth one would assume that it was more venomous simply because it eats Red Backs, I don't know but that's what I heard.

I have removed a couple of White Tails from indoors in the past several months and I don't know how they are in anyone's Top Ten of venomous spiders.

 

[Nick1881]

http://www.comedy-zone.net/triviazone/animals/page4.htm

I agree with the top 4, but a tarantula? hahahaha they arent venomous at all, some can give a nasty bite. I have 5 here and none of them could kill me.

 

[FTM]

regardless of region, wales/scotland/enlgand/ this is what a fly fisherman calls a daddy longlegs

http://www.fastmailtackle.co.uk/2761.html

which is used to imitate a crane fly

so its not a regional thing

 

[jimblowscash]

what ever there called there sodding annoying, my cat goes spastic chasing them in the night....

a little tip for you, if youve got a gas hob and you find youve got ddlonglegs
crane flies etc in the kitchen, turn off all the lights and turn on your gas hob... thell be a nice blue flicker untill wumphhh.... the dopey sod goes for the light

 

[NickR]

Not in Telford.

It is in my part of Telford - we've got hundreds of the b*****s

 

[NickR]

Is in telfford; ) but just not posh priorslee

..it is in my part of Priorslee

 

[excaliborg]

a little tip for you, if youve got a gas hob and you find youve got ddlonglegs
crane flies etc in the kitchen, turn off all the lights and turn on your gas hob... thell be a nice blue flicker untill wumphhh.... the dopey sod goes for the light

Good call, will have to try that in our uni kitchen!

(Crane fly = Daddy long legs)

 

[bliss]

I've called 'em daddy long legs for as long as i can remember.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

After only briefly reading the first page, there's only one thing I have to say.
Jimmy Spinner is the best insect name ever! Never again will I foolishly call them Daddy Longlegs!