|
1-4 of 4 messages
|
Page 1 of 1
|
|
everyone know of the daddy long-legs spider......
|
Reply
|
|
by fizzbob7 on August 7, 2002
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
|
i see these spiders every day all over...no big deal...but i have always heard that they have an extremely toxic venom but their mouth parts are to small to bite humans....anyone know for sure about this...i was just wondering...didnt know for sure
|
| |
|
RE: everyone know of the daddy long-legs spider...
|
Reply
|
|
by bitisatrox on August 7, 2002
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
they don't even have venom glands... they eat mold and dead/dying green stuff....
later,
ty
|
| |
|
RE: everyone know of the daddy long-legs spider...
|
Reply
|
|
by fizzbob7 on August 8, 2002
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
|
actually i did a little checking up on it...most people refer to "harvester spiders" as daddy long legs, but harvesters are not even true spiders...they belong to a seperate group and are completely harmless and definitely not venomous...they eat insects dead or alive....the true daddy long legs spider has never had any type of toxicology work on it and has never been known to bite a human.....they have mouths as big as a brown recluses but might have a different muscular structure to it....so the myth that daddy long legs are the most venomous spider(but cant bite) is shit....i learned something....they dont eat mold though.....poor lil fellow
|
| |
|
RE: everyone know of the daddy long-legs spider...
|
Reply
|
|
by bitisatrox on August 10, 2002
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
not to be argumentative but....
" Nocturnal, adults and young feed on many kinds of inverebrates, including other daddy-long-legs, spiders,flies, aphids, leafehoppers, snails, and earthworms. some scavenge dead invertebrates and bird droppings. Others eat the gills of fungi and sugary sweets left as moth bait."~Daddy-long-legs (order opiliones) "harvestmen"
"they prey on small insects and feed on soft, decaying organic matter"~Daddy-long-legs (family Phalangiidea)
both from "National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects & Spiders"
check this book out!!!!
later,
ty
P.S.
ya I know it didn't say "mold".....
|
| |
|
Email Subscription
You are not subscribed to this topic.
Subscribe!
My Subscriptions
Subscriptions Help
Check our help page for help using
, or send questions, comments, or suggestions to the
Manager.
|
