Big black wasp OK?

[JoXie411]

Daddy longlegs arent spiders I have them all over the place here actually, one was even in my roach bin. They don't have venom and aren't toxic, but do give off a bad taste and smell so animals usually don't eat them.

Confused huh?

 

[jamest0o0]

@jamest0o0 we are referring to the spider Pholcus phalangioides. Which does have venom and was tested on Mythbusters episode 13 - "Buried in concrete" they said it did inject them but the level was insignificant to humans. I'm not a scientist so I could be very wrong but I wanted to be clear about my version of daddy long legs. I know there is another insect out there that goes by the name and is infact not a spider depending on where your from.

Sorry friend, but your guys' daddylong leg nickname is incorrect! Haha. It is widely used for harvestmen(arachnids, but not spider though I see how people would just start using it for any arachnid with long legs.

Either way, injecting venom and swallowing venom(like a cham would do with a spider) are different as I'm sure you know. I probably wouldn't try to feed my chams spiders, but I wouldn't worry if they snagged one.

 

[The Wild One]

Sorry friend, but your guys' daddylong leg nickname is incorrect! Haha. It is widely used for harvestmen(arachnids, but not spider though I see how people would just start using it for any arachnid with long legs.

Either way, injecting venom and swallowing venom(like a cham would do with a spider) are different as I'm sure you know. I probably wouldn't try to feed my chams spiders, but I wouldn't worry if they snagged one.

Venom-Injected
Poison-Consumed
I’m a proud geek

 

[The Wild One]

I thought that they were the most poisonous spiders but they are too small to bite... I really don’t know!

 

[JoshD49]

I thought that they were the most poisonous spiders but they are too small to bite... I really don’t know!

Common misconception. They do have venom but it doesn't bother humans. That started because they eat black widows so people started thinking they must be even deadlier.

 

[jamest0o0]

Venom-Injected
Poison-Consumed
I’m a proud geek

Poison is secreted. I'm talking about, if something would consume venom, like a chameleon eating a spider, it wouldn't have the same effect as the spider biting the cham and injecting it into the blood

 

[jamest0o0]

Harvestmen do not have venom, the use of daddylong legs for other *real* spiders isn't correct

 

[Brodybreaux25]

@jamest0o0 we are referring to the spider Pholcus phalangioides. Which does have venom and was tested on Mythbusters episode 13 - "Buried in concrete" they said it did inject them but the level was insignificant to humans. I'm not a scientist so I could be very wrong but I wanted to be clear about my version of daddy long legs. I know there is another insect out there that goes by the name and is infact not a spider depending on where your from.

MythBusters? You just went up to levels in my book!

 

[JoshD49]

MythBusters? You just went up to levels in my book!

Haha. I love that show. I feel honored to rank up with you haha.

 

[Zevil]

Venomous animals kill by injecting lethal chemicals into your body. Poisonous animals kill by contact or being ingested because they have lethal chemicals in their body or parts of their body.

I have daddy long legs killing the stray red runners or fungus gnats. I love them.

 

[Rst_Cham]

Venomous animals kill by injecting lethal chemicals into your body. Poisonous animals kill by contact or being ingested because they have lethal chemicals in their body or parts of their body.

I have daddy long legs killing the stray red runners or fungus gnats. I love them.

Stray red runners?!! That's my nightmare. I got rid of all mine after I read that they could infest and I saw one lone male running across my floor!

 

[Zevil]

Stray red runners?!! That's my nightmare. I got rid of all mine after I read that they could infest and I saw one lone male running across my floor!

Ya but I have house geckos and daddy long legs in my apartment to help get rid of the occasional strays.

 

[Rst_Cham]

Ya but I have house geckos and daddy long legs in my apartment to help get rid of the occasional strays.

Where do you live that you have house geckos?! That's so cool. All I have is a cat for bug control.

 

[The Wild One]

Ya but I have house geckos and daddy long legs in my apartment to help get rid of the occasional strays.

We don’t really “own” the geckos they figure out how to slip in when we open the door, then disappear when we want them out.

 

[Thatwizard420]

Wait so my veiled can eat bees?
And wasps? I always worry and put him back inside when I see him ready to hunt.... He snatched a grasshopper once and I started freaking out.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

Wait so my veiled can eat bees?
And wasps? I always worry and put him back inside when I see him ready to hunt.... He snatched a grasshopper once and I started freaking out.

Yes

 

[jamest0o0]

Ahhh so you guys call cellar spiders daddylong legs. We have those too, but never called them daddy long legs. Funny how the nicknames for things change from area to area

 

[JoshD49]

Yeah Cellar spiders is the same thing. I grew up knowing them as daddy long legs. Haha.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

Yeah Cellar spiders is the same thing. I grew up knowing them as daddy long legs. Haha.

Same, DLL in Louisiana.

 

[JoXie411]

Same, DLL in Louisiana.

Does DLL mean down low low?