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Daddy Longlegs

Pholcidae

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Field Notes

Notes:

NOT venomous, and have no fangs. Not spiders - more closely related to scorpions.

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Comments (3)
dferris
From the research I did, I found this article which I thought was pretty interesting which exlpains the myth. http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
LauraLOVESbirds
I fell for it too. ...This site is so wonderful for learning, and correcting misinformation. Please keep me posted if you learn anything different. Thanks!
dferris
hmm.. I knew they weren't spiders, but i guess i fell for the myth of them having tiny fangs and being venomous. Seeing this got me to actually do the research about it.

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International Spider Survey
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PublishedAugust 30, 2015

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