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	Daddy long-legs spider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Daddy longlegs is a name that is used for several unrelated arthropods with extremely long and thin legs, including these spiders, the harvestmen and tipulid crane flies.
		The Daddy long-legs spiders comprise the Pholcidae family, in the suborder Araneomorphae.
		There is an urban legend stating that daddy long-legs spiders have extremely toxic venom, but their fangs cannot penetrate human skin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daddy_long-legs_spider (539 words)

	Daddy longlegs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Daddy longlegs is an ambiguous common name referring to several unrelated terrestrial arthropods which have in common extremely long slender legs.
		Daddy Long Legs is also the lead singer of the rap metal group Wolfpac.
		In parts of the UK the "Daddy Longlegs" is known as the "Ginny Spinner." It is common names like these which spurred development of the formal scientific classification system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daddy_long_legs (197 words)

	Spider Myths--DaddyLongLegs
		Previously the common name of this family was the cellar spiders but arachnologists have also given them the moniker of "daddy-longlegs spiders" because of the confusion generated by the general public.
		Because they are found under logs and other stuff which people most often are not turning over, most folks don't run into daddy-longlegs very often.
		Because these arachnids are spiders, they have 2 body basic body parts (cephalothorax and abdomen), have 8 eyes most often clumped together in the front of the body, the abdomen shows no evidence of segmentation, have 8 legs all attached to the front most body part (the cephalothorax) and make webs out of silk.
	spiders.ucr.edu /daddylonglegs.html (757 words)

	Daddy long-legs -- Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine
		Anatomically daddy long-legs differ from spiders because their three body segments -- head, thorax and abdomen, are joined as one compact body segment.
		If the daddy long-legs is in danger of being caught, it can break off a portion of its legs and then escape while the detached legs continue to quiver in front of a confounded predator.
		Spiders have two body segments -- the head and thorax are joined as the cephalothorax, and the abdomen is the second body segment.
	www.wnrmag.com /stories/2000/jun00/daddy.htm (608 words)

	The Daddy Long Legs: Spider or Insect?
		Procedure: The general procedure of this experiment is to make general observations on the structures of the daddy long legs, and compare against known differences between spiders and insects.
		On the picture at left, it is observed that the daddy long legs has two body segments.
		Spiders on the other hand typically have 8 legs, and do not have compound eyes, but rather 2-3 pairs of "simple eyes".
	www.scientificameriken.com /yr4/daddy.asp (477 words)

	SlickDeals.net Forums - Just found a six legged spider...
		Daddy Long Legs spider, crawling down the wall, caught my eye because it wasn't quite as graceful as your average spider...walking kinda lopsided...so I trapped it for a closer look, and it only had 6 legs.
		Spider had already beaten the odds, who was I to piss in his cheerios, so to speak.
		Spiders have two body parts (fused head-thorax and abdomen), two fangs, and produce silk.
	forums.slickdeals.net /t48496.html (633 words)

	Daddy Long Legs
		The daddy long legs is one quarter to three eighths inches in length, with long thin legs.
		Daddy long legs like dark places and are often found in the basements of houses.
		Daddy long legs eat other daddy long legs.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/spiders/daddylonglegs.htm (103 words)

	The Spider
		daddy long legs (spider with a tiny body and long thin legs).
		The spider had appeared to be a large target but, remember, it's mostly legs, the body is tiny.
		Anyway, when we struck it with a long stick, it reared up on it's hind four legs and stuck out its front four hairy finger size legs in a menacing scowl.
	www.lovedungeon.net /humor/misc/spider.html (560 words)

	The Straight Dope Mailbag: Is a Daddy Long Legs the most poisonous spider?
		All my life I've heard that the Daddy Long Legs spider is the most poisonous spider in the world--but his mouth is too small to bite you.
		In fact, the Daddy Longlegs is not technically a spider, although it is an arachnid.
		"The problem with the 'Daddy Longlegs' is that the name is used for several kinds of animals, 2 of them arachnids:
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mdaddy.html (460 words)

	Victorian Spiders - spider identification in Victoria, Australia - Spider Facts & Fiction
		The true Tarantula is a European Wolf Spider named after the town of Taranto in southern Italy-the venom of this spider was considered to be extremely dangerous and people bitten had to avoid falling into a coma by dancing to a lively tune known as the tarantella.
		The only spider found in Victoria that has been proven to be highly venomous is the Red-back Spider, for which an antivenene is available at hospitals.
		It is now known that the venom of the Wolf Spider is not dangerous and the bites causing a reaction were probably inflicted by the Black Widow Spider.
	www.museum.vic.gov.au /spiders/fact_fiction.aspx (938 words)

	Pest Control - How to kill spiders
		Tarantula's, Jumping Spiders, Wolf Spiders and Garden Spiders are victims of a so-called spider phobia and are considered to be armed and dangerous simply because the possess the same spider shape and characteristics as the brown recluse and black widow.
		Although all spiders use venom when they bite and kill their prey, the black widow and the brown recluse spiders are the only North American species consistently dangerous to humans.
		Outdoor treatment is necessary to control spiders which are migrating inside or to eliminate spiders on porches, under eaves, and other areas on the outside of the building.
	www.epestsupply.com /spiders.htm (1879 words)

	spider, daddylonglegs
		Yet I have several times seen a Pholcus spider quickly overcome a cranefly (the original daddy long-legs) in a melee of writhing, spindly limbs.
		These spiders are Pholcus phalangoides, often known as daddy-long-legs spiders.
		The spider's technique is to throw a mass of silk threads over its victim before it can tear free from the web.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /rwburton/naturenotes/spider_pholcus (193 words)

	Queensland Museum - Spiders - The Redback Spider - Redback Riddance
		Hence, a spray must be very long lasting, or used in such volumes that the spider and all of its surroundings are drenched.
		The Black House Spider is native to Australia and its presence seems to be a noticeable deterrent to Redback invasion of houses.
		Thus, spraying has only a temporary effect on the Redback Spiders, but may have a devastating effect on the populations of all spiders, including the natural predators of the Redback.
	www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au /features/spiders/redback-riddance.asp (718 words)

	Spider Myths: What is a "daddylonglegs" anyway?
		Harvestmen have one body section (spiders have two), two eyes on a little bump (most spiders have eight), a segmented abdomen (unsegmented in spiders), no silk, no venom, a totally different respiratory system, and many other differences; not all have long legs.
		The British, some Canadians, and some southeastern Americans use the "daddy" term for long-legged flies (crane flies, family Tipulidae)
		Harvestmen are arachnids, but they are not spiders -- in the same way that butterflies are insects, but they are not beetles.
	www.washington.edu /burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/daddylonglegs.html (288 words)

	Wildlife of Sydney - Fact File - Daddy Long-legs Spider
		The cosmopolitan Daddy Long-legs Spider belongs to a group known as the tangle-web spiders, of which there are 12 Australian species.
		There is a persistent belief that the Daddy Long-legs Spider has the most toxic venom of all spiders.
		Its successful use of human-made structures has made it one of the most common spiders in Australia.
	faunanet.gov.au /wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=85 (121 words)

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		I don't usually have anything to do with spiders because they creep me out and I never know if they're dangerous or not, but I've always been fine with daddy long legs because I know they are harmless, as most people know.
		What some people don't know is that daddy long legs are poisonous enough to kill a full grown human, but cannot harm us because their jaws are weak and would break long before they break the skin.
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	www.roleplayingtips.com /issue128.asp (3942 words)

	Daddy long legs spider
		If it's a spider and not a Harvestmen, then the Daddy long legs is easy to identify.
		The two spiders varied significantly in size, and I assume the smaller of the two is the male.
		These two, a male and a female (I hope I have got them the right way round) were sitting by their web on our garage wall.
	www.astro.keele.ac.uk /oldusers/rno/3.2/Spiders/daddy_long_legs.html (122 words)

	The Find-a-spider Guide - Daddy long-legs
		Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Crossopriza lyoni and Physocyclus globosis.
		A noteworthy characteristic of this spider is its habit of shaking the web violently when disturbed.
		The female may sometimes be found holding her eggs in her palps.
	www.usq.edu.au /spider/find/spiders/508.htm (87 words)

	Pholcidae
		The difference between the daddy-longlegs and the harvestman is that in harvestman the cephalothorax and the abdomen is almost fused together which looks like one structure whereas in daddy longleg spiders the cephalothorax and the abdomen are two distinct features connected by a visible narrow tube.
		It ticks on the web with one of its long leg and before the alarmed spider in the web could start any plans of an attack, the daddy-longleg with the element of surprise on its side takes hold of the situation and overcomes the alarmed spider.
		Because the spider is always on the move, it carries the silk net containing the eggs in between her jaws.
	www.xs4all.nl /~ednieuw/Spiders/Pholcidae/Pholcidae.htm (1206 words)

	The Daddy-Long-Legs Spider
		Perhaps a better name that is been used is 'long-legged cellar spider'.
		One of the spiders it eats is the much larger house-spider of the genus Tegenaria, the large hairy funnel-web spider that is one of the main causes of 'arachnophobia', the fear of spiders.
		In spiders there is a clear distinction between the head/thorax region and the abdomen.
	www.microscopy-uk.org.uk /mag/spider/pholcus1.html (281 words)

	House Spiders of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
		The Daddy Long Legs spider is common around the house in Brisbane.
		This spider is very common around the house where it can be found under eaves, around window frames, under window ledges and similar places.
		This spider is often found indoors in undisturbed spots e.g.
	www.geocities.com /spiderimages/tangled_web.html (257 words)

	dlleg10.txt
		The long lower hall had not been lighted, and as she came downstairs, a last Trustee stood, on the point of departure, in the open door that led to the porte-cochere.
		Jervis Pendleton of the House of Julia; her uncle, in short (in long, perhaps I ought to say; he's as tall as you.) Being in town on business, he decided to run out to the college and call on his niece.
		It was in the long packing-room which was decorated with evergreens and holly.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext94/dlleg10.txt (21999 words)

	Spiders
		Daddy-long-legs spiders have venom glands and fangs but their tiny fangs are fused at the base and they cannot open their jaws wide enough to bite humans.
		I notice the spider has only 7 legs and their was one with just 6 a while ago.
		The spider had been on Joel's hand biting him, getting his attention and while biting a second time was removed by my son (to get the pointy bit out of him).
	www.spiderzrule.com /daddy.htm (1351 words)

	Refinery Design - ARTHROPOD - Spider - Table
		This entry/hallway table was inspired by the unusual form of the daddy long legs spider.
		The body of the spider floating on near-invisible legs is echoed in the form of this table.
		Cherry-capped wenge legs help lighten the look of the piece.
	www.refinerydesign.com /work/spider.shtml (50 words)

	Backyard Beasts - May, 2004: Marbled Cellar Spider
		Although references often cite the confusion between this type of spider and the daddy-long-legs or harvestman (which isn't a spider), the two have very little in common except for long legs.
		The total size of the spider, including its long legs, was only around an inch.
		The marbled cellar spider (Holocnemus pluchei) is not native to our area, but after a long search through reference books and the internet, I can only conclude that we have yet another import.
	www.larvalbug.com /archbeast5-04.html (484 words)

	Daddy Long Legs
		They proved it by using this method to measure the venom of both the spiders (I forget what it's called) and the black widow's venom was way more poisonous than the daddy long legs.
		Could you explain what you mean with "daddy long legs" because i bet some people might actually think its a daddy with legs of 2 metres....
		Actually, it's fangs are long enough to bite us [I watch Mythbusters.
	www.trap17.com /forums/page-1-t29070-s0.html (728 words)

	Steve's Spider Pics - Daddy Long Legs
		I thought photographing Daddy Long-Legs would bore me to tears, but I'm glad I stuck with it.
		Keep this in mind when a spider asks to shake your hand, look him in the eyes, and politely decline.
		I was able to get in real close and take some fantastic shots.
	spiders.zacharoo.com /spidey9.html (93 words)

	Eastern Daddy Long Legs Spider
		Although daddy-long-legs resemble spiders they are not part of the spider family.
		An eastern daddy-long-legs is recognized by the black stripe on its back as oppossed to the brown daddy-long-legs which is the most common and is all brown.
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	www.surviveoutdoors.com /reference/spiders/daddy_long_legs.asp (135 words)

	Is a 'daddy long legs' a spider, what does it eat and it's real name?
		Our class noticed that a "daddy long legs" has, what appears to be, eight legs but no segmented bady parts-like a spider.We were wondering wehter it was a spider or something else.
		Re: Is a 'daddy long legs' a spider, what does it eat and it's real name?
		Is a 'daddy long legs' a spider, what does it eat and it's real name?
	www.madsci.org /posts/archives/2001-01/978459414.Zo.q.html (91 words)

	Webshots - Images of Spotlight on Daddy-Long-Legs
		These daddy-long-legs spiders have been caught for observation during the breeding season.
		I have included photos of one spider laying her eggs.
		If you like the photos in this album, please leave a message in the guestbook.
	community.webshots.com /album/222357675UIAlFq (49 words)

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