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Yeah, but where's the fun in that? On 1/19/2018 20:21, Igor PDML-StR wrote: John, Daddy Google helped confirming that it's a myth. See, e.g. here a very nice discussion: http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html Cheers, Igor John Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:01:57 -0800 wrote: I read

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John, Daddy Google helped confirming that it's a myth. See, e.g. here a very nice discussion: http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html Cheers, Igor John Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:01:57 -0800 wrote: I read somewhere that they have the most potent venom of any spiders in the world, but pose no

Re: PESO: Spider Family

I read somewhere that they have the most potent venom of any spiders in the world, but pose no danger to humans because their mouth parts are so small they can't bite large mammals. On 1/18/2018 11:57, ann sanfedele wrote: Always called them "Daddy Long Legs" and didn't know, as a child, that

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Tarantula is one of the fascinating creatures that I don't like much to be close to. I haven't seen them in the wild, while we do get a few scorpions here occasionally. (About half an year ago I found a tiny one dead on the floor in the utility room. And long time before, I saw one or two in

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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

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On Jan 19, 2018, at 5:57 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > Always called them "Daddy Long Legs" and didn't know, as a child, that they > were spiders.. but they are harmless > to humans and I always found them cute... > I like the photo a lot, it looks like some sort of minimalist

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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

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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

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Always called them "Daddy Long Legs" and didn't know, as a child, that they were spiders.. but they are harmless to humans and I always found them cute... I like the photo a lot, it looks like some sort of minimalist painting.. and they dont look at all creepy. I'm not bothered by spiders in

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Am 18.01.18 um 16:08 schrieb Igor PDML-StR: 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

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Daddy Long Legs in SA too. Common in houses here. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: 18 January, 2018 5:08 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Spider Family David, Wow, I've never seen anything like that! So many spiders, and especially little ones! Personally

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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

PESO: Spider Family

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 --