as was said in just about every single comment on that video....that is not a daddy long legs
lolSpider population boom?
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as was said in just about every single comment on that video....that is not a daddy long legs
lolYes. It is.as was said in just about every single comment on that video....that is not a daddy long legs
Its a daddy long legs spider. Also known as a cellar spider or pholcidae.
What it isnt is a crane fly, which is also commonly (and incorrectly) called a daddy long legs.
Think yourself lucky we dont get these in our houses
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/30/spider.web.ap/
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/30/spider.web.ap/
Good job they're not fangs then.
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Aye I was gonna mention that, aren't they for smelling the air?
do we get the daddy long legs spiders in UK????
just the poster of that video said he was keeping them if they came in his house...plus it was on the UK youtube
Of course we do. I get loads in my house. In fact I went around this morning with a lighter and can of lynx getting rid of the little blighters.
Before anyone asks questions about daddy long legs, please read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae
Before anyone asks questions about daddy long legs, please read this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae
Just came across the 4th intruder of the week. Yet another of the big dark ones and the second in my room. Dad just walked in, saw it on the wall, picked it up and threw it out the window. How can he permit the damn thing to live?
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I found a HUGE one in my back garden, massive it was, size of my thumb.
I stuck it in my housemates bed, he has arachnophobia.
I stuck it in my housemates bed, he has arachnophobia.
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Hmmm, now that you mention it I do seem to have a lot. I probably ought to do something about them before they start breeding, but as a rule I leave them alone.
Dont have a problem with spiders now, used to have a lot of massive ones. One of which used to do a patrol round the top of the living room wall, same time every night. He/she/it lived behind the PIR in the corner. Was quite fond of it.
Then we got 2 cats....
hardly see any spiders these days.
Then we got 2 cats....
hardly see any spiders these days.
And im not joking about the Tomb Raider 2 thing, it really did make me scared of spiders.Lots of false widows in my back garden and at least 3 or 4 big hairy house spiders in my room (only cos it's next to the loft) at night. Also at least 10 moths and assorted flying creatures buzzing about, which are usually killed horribly before bedtime.
Don't hurt the spiders, put them outside if you don't like them, they are important.
Don't hurt the spiders, put them outside if you don't like them, they are important.
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I had a great big one crawl across my tv while i was on my 360 O_O. scared the **** outta me!
On a similar note, I wouldn't want one of THESE in my house:
On a similar note, I wouldn't want one of THESE in my house:
Thanks god that's Austrailia.