Anne's right. Dave's photo is of the cellar spider https://en.m.wikipedia. org/wiki/Pholcus_phalangioides
It is a true spider but does look a bit like some of the harvestmen with long legs. This illustrates the problems of common names like daddy-long-legs - the same name can be applied to a bunch of different things. Around here, we also call these daddy-long-legs - https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=crane+flies&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjitenfsOPYAhVNv5QKHcTdDoEQiR4IsgE&biw=1366&bih=647 and they are a group of flies Alastair On 19/01/2018 17:19, "ann sanfedele" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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-ab >> out-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. > -- 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.
