I thought that, then looked on web and saw article saying they were..
and believed it because I
always think, these days,that it is my brain that is going...
went back again and found more evidence to to split them out --
the other name I had forgotten was "harvestmen" and refering to them I
found this:
Scorpions are in the Order Scorpiones,*spiders*are in the Order Araneae,
ticks and mites are in the Order Acari. The creatures most correctly
called*daddy*-*longlegs*are in their own separate Order which is
Opiliones. Common names for this Order are 1)*daddy*-*longlegs*, 2)
harvestmen and 3) opilionids.
But there is something called a Cellar spider.. which is sometimes
called a "daddy long legs spider" I guess because they resemble the
harvestmen
much confusion
ann
On 1/18/2018 10:36 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
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/
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[*] 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
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