This is a common spider here in the North East and I was wondering if they are common through out the world or even just here in the states. Its a very friendly spider and I have never known anyone to ever be bitten by one. As children we would take them and let them crawl on our arms and hands and the long legs of this spider would really tickle. They were really fun for teasing girls with, lol. The long legs are a hint to the name of this spider if you care to guess.Monday, August 11, 2008
My favorite Spider
This is a common spider here in the North East and I was wondering if they are common through out the world or even just here in the states. Its a very friendly spider and I have never known anyone to ever be bitten by one. As children we would take them and let them crawl on our arms and hands and the long legs of this spider would really tickle. They were really fun for teasing girls with, lol. The long legs are a hint to the name of this spider if you care to guess.
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Haha GrandaddyLongLegs! I played with them too.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever tell one to go get the cows? I seem to remember that whichever direction the spider went... that's the way we headed to find the cows. (I don't remember if it worked though) LOL
ReplyDeleteGross and disgusting! I hate spiders of any kind. Can't help it, they're creepy!
ReplyDeleteVero, I Googled granddaddy long legs and there was one blip about finding the cows! Never heard that one before. :)
is it a daddy longlegs??? it looks like it. Its the only kind of spider , that when I find one in the house, I just take it outside cause I know they aren't harmful .
ReplyDeleteI never heard it called a granddaddy ,. I always heard daddy.. hmmm maybe daddy long legs has aged and is now granddaddy long legs lmaoooooooooooo
ReplyDeleteWe have loads of these around the house, and I like them because they can easily kill the more dangerous spiders like the redback. All spiders are your friends, but these are more friendly than others.BTW contrary to popular belief they are NOT poisonous according to articles I found online. I had always heard they were but could not bite due to short fangs...
ReplyDeleteWonders if Vero ever pulled off a few of it's legs to watch them twitch?
ReplyDeleteWell, three cheers for the long legs killing bad spiders!
ReplyDeleteThat's a granddaddy long legs...they don't hurt you but I don't want one around me at all.
ReplyDeleteOh, Mac! Ew.
ReplyDeleteSeeeeeee Judy said "Granddaddy" too . And nooooooooo Mac I didn't pull the poor lil bugs legs off... GEESH!
ReplyDeleteWow Judy F... I'm surprised at you finding that about the cows. Funny how things are the same in so many places isn't it.
ReplyDeleteDaddy Long Legs is what we call them up here. It has many names: granddaddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legs spider, daddy long-legger, cellar spider, vibrating spider, or house spider!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnything with more than 4 legs is NOT cool
ReplyDeleteTakes a quick look..frowns....goes tut tut..n leaves>>>>>>>>.
ReplyDeleteWE called them DADDY long legs too....cows??they went that a way < >
ReplyDeleteWe call the Granddaddy Long Legs here, too, and like Dixie, I always heard they were poisonous, but, learned in later years they were not...
ReplyDeleteJust looking at the pic makes me itchy and feel like something is crawling on me,lol...
ReplyDeleteWe get them here in Australia mac, but the bodies are alot smaller and the legs have distinctive joints that are highly visible.
ReplyDeleteWhere did it go...ahhh there...stomps on it..ok done.
ReplyDeleteThey are poison but their mouths are just to small to bite us!!
ReplyDeleteThere is an urban legend stating that daddy long-legs spiders have the most potent venom of any spider, but that their chelicerae (fangs) are either too small or too weak to puncture human skin; the same legend is also repeated of the harvestman and crane fly, also called "daddy long-legs" in some locales. Indeed, pholcid spiders do have a short fang structure (called uncate). However, brown recluse spiders also have uncate fang structure, but are able to deliver medically significant bites. Either pholcid venom is not toxic to humans or there is a musculature difference between the two arachnids, with recluses, being hunting spiders, possessing stronger muscles for fang penetration. [1]
ReplyDeleteIn 2004, the Discovery Channel show MythBusters set out to test the daddy long-legs myth (season 1, episode 13 "Buried in Concrete"). After measuring the spider's fangs at approximately 0.25 mm (average human skin thickness varies from about 0.5mm to 4mm), the show's host was apparently bitten, although the bite produced little more than a mild short-lived burning sensation. This appears to confirm the suspicion that pholcids can penetrate human skin, but that they are harmless to humans.
According to the University of California at Riverside, the daddy long-legs spider has never harmed a human and there is no proof that they are venomous to humans.[6]
One reason why these spiders are said to be so dangerous could be that they regularly prey on other spiders, including the black widow (Latrodectus spp.), which itself can be dangerous to humans, with the reasoning that the preying spider must be even more venomous; which is incorrect. (Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007:4)
Yayyyyyyy for Suzi. I never did believe all that stuff. Granddaddys are fun to play with .... I'm still hurt that mac thinks I would pull ones leg off. Sniff sniff!
ReplyDeleteSuzi, on snopes I actually saw an article that stated that the spider used on Myth Busters wasn't even a Daddy Long Legs. Lol, go figure.
ReplyDeleteMac, there were many articles on line proving it is a fallacy that Daddy Long Legs are poisonous, I just happened to grab the Myth Busters one...
ReplyDeletehttp://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
There is a long-legged house spider that resembles a granddaddy. I'm sure lots of people get the two confused. I don't know if the house spider bites but it probably would if you gave it a chance.
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