They are not spiders; they’re arachnids, but they’re actually more closely related to scorpions than they are to spiders.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/59455/15-fascinating-facts-about-daddy-longlegs Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:08 AM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > David, > > Wow, I've never seen anything like that! > So many spiders, and especially little ones! > > Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we didn't > even considered them as spiders. > (In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference but > have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters". > The latter is interesting, because in Russia they are called very > similarly (if translated), "hay-scyther" or "scythe-legs") > > I prefer what I would call more "traditional" spiders, with shorter legs, > especially those that make nice looking webs in the forest [*] (as long as > it is not in my face ;-) ). > Or, house ones, like this: > http://42graphy.org/galleries/spider/bin/images/large/IMGP4079_Edit.jpg > > My favorite so far, is this UFO (I posted it here some 2.5 years ago): > http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/ > > > --------- > [*] You might call it a "bush", what we call a "forest" here. > At least that's how it is in Australia. :-) > > Cheers, > > Igor > > > > > David Mann Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:18:37 -0800 wrote: > > Arachnophobes, avert your eyes :) > > We found a spider with her little hatchlings on our kitchen ceiling today. > This is the first time I've used my DSLR since last April, and I don't > know how > long it'd been since I last used a tripod. > > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1054/#peso > > Cheers, > Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
