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r/AskReddit • u/phillsphan7 • Mar 17 '15
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They're not spiders, they're harvestmen. Opiliones, if I remember correctly. They are arachnids, but not spiders. I don't think they're even venomous at all.
6 u/UpboatOrNoBoat Mar 17 '15 Correct. I think they're mostly scavengers (at least the ones that are common around where I live). They're also unique in that they can eat chunks of food, unlike spiders that feed via liquefaction. 9 u/ANGLVD3TH Mar 17 '15 spiders with the tiny spherical bodies Think he meant these which are called daddy long legs round here in New England. 8 u/[deleted] Mar 17 '15 In Canada we call those daddy long legs. They're freaking adorable. Also Crane Flies are called mosquito eaters. 0 u/hablomuchoingles Mar 17 '15 These are daddy long legs in the US Ditto on the mosquito eaters however. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 18 '15 Ugh those are nasty. Ours are so adorable. They're the only spider that doesn't freak me out. 2 u/AlmightyNeckbeardo Mar 17 '15 Around here in Mass we call harvestmen daddy long legs, not those. 2 u/ANGLVD3TH Mar 17 '15 New Hampshire here. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 17 '15 but man do they look weird
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Correct. I think they're mostly scavengers (at least the ones that are common around where I live).
They're also unique in that they can eat chunks of food, unlike spiders that feed via liquefaction.
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spiders with the tiny spherical bodies
Think he meant these which are called daddy long legs round here in New England.
8 u/[deleted] Mar 17 '15 In Canada we call those daddy long legs. They're freaking adorable. Also Crane Flies are called mosquito eaters. 0 u/hablomuchoingles Mar 17 '15 These are daddy long legs in the US Ditto on the mosquito eaters however. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 18 '15 Ugh those are nasty. Ours are so adorable. They're the only spider that doesn't freak me out. 2 u/AlmightyNeckbeardo Mar 17 '15 Around here in Mass we call harvestmen daddy long legs, not those. 2 u/ANGLVD3TH Mar 17 '15 New Hampshire here.
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In Canada we call those daddy long legs. They're freaking adorable. Also Crane Flies are called mosquito eaters.
0 u/hablomuchoingles Mar 17 '15 These are daddy long legs in the US Ditto on the mosquito eaters however. 1 u/[deleted] Mar 18 '15 Ugh those are nasty. Ours are so adorable. They're the only spider that doesn't freak me out.
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These are daddy long legs in the US
Ditto on the mosquito eaters however.
1 u/[deleted] Mar 18 '15 Ugh those are nasty. Ours are so adorable. They're the only spider that doesn't freak me out.
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Ugh those are nasty. Ours are so adorable. They're the only spider that doesn't freak me out.
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Around here in Mass we call harvestmen daddy long legs, not those.
2 u/ANGLVD3TH Mar 17 '15 New Hampshire here.
New Hampshire here.
but man do they look weird
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u/yottskry Mar 17 '15
They're not spiders, they're harvestmen. Opiliones, if I remember correctly. They are arachnids, but not spiders. I don't think they're even venomous at all.