Daddy Long-Legs

@simone10 (54189)

Louisville, Kentucky

July 29, 2020 3:30am CST

I am one who hates spiders with a passion. Especially the big black hairy looking ones and the little jumping ones. It makes my skin crawl just thinking about it. Yesterday I remembered that it's not all spiders that I hate. I don't hate what we always called Daddy Long-Legs. I remember playing with these spiders as a child. They were always so gentle. If I happen to see one of these spiders inside, I always capture it and put it back outside. I remember someone telling me once that the Daddy Long-Legs was very poisonous and that it's mouth is too small so it couldn't bite a human. I just read online that they aren't poisonous to humans at all. That is an urban myth.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

29 Jul 20

Correct daddy long-legs' venom is only dangerous for insects, they are not dangerous to humans. I always move them outside, I grab them by a leg and put outside.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 20

@simone10 I kill the others, many bite and are dangerous.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

1 Aug 20

I take them outside too. Any other spiders will be taken care of promptly.

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@TheHorse (205696)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Aug 20

I do that with those poor sluggish insects we call "mosquito eaters." I am having a brain fart (too many days in isolation in Montana) and forgetting their real name.

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@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

29 Jul 20

I always heard that their mouth was too small to bite humans or it would be toxic. Glad that is a myth. I did not mind them when I was young. I do not see them now, as someone else said. I get creeped out by wolf spiders, outside, because they get big and they jump.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

Yes, that's what I heard also. Their venom is toxic, but only to insects. I haven't seen one in a while either. I am with you on wolf spiders and especially because they jump. We have had tiny spiders that jump and even they creep me out.

@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

7 Aug 20

@TheHorse I wonder where it all started?

@TheHorse (205696)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Aug 20

I heard the same urban legend when I was young.

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

29 Jul 20

I have had them walk over my legs and not minded but when they get to be annoying its hard to persuade them to go outside.

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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

1 Aug 20

@simone10 I think myself that they get lazy and can´t be bothered about where they are too much.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

1 Aug 20

They must really like being indoors.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

6 Aug 20

@lovinangelsinstead21 They do seem to be lazy spiders, don't they?

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@msdivkar (23359)

• India

29 Jul 20

The spiders seen in our area are harmless creatures but dirty your place by weaving their nets overnight all over the place.

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@msdivkar (23359)

• India

2 Aug 20

@simone10 you are right nobody likes them.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

That's not good. I don't like walking into spider webs.

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@Juliaacv (48412)

• Canada

29 Jul 20

I think that there used to be more Daddy Long Legs spiders years ago then there are now, I cannot remember the last time that I saw one. I couldn't imagine them being poisonous, they were everywhere and I don't recall anyone ever having a reaction.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

1 Aug 20

I think you are right about there not being as many. What I heard was that they were poisonous but not to humans because their mouths were too small to bite us. I found out that was wrong. They are not poisonous to humans at all, only insects.

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@TheHorse (205696)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Aug 20

@simone10 "Urban legends" are fun.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

7 Aug 20

@TheHorse Yes they are and it's fun to research to find out the truth.

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@fluffy69 (4956)

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29 Jul 20

My daughter hunts spider around the house and she is playing with the spider

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

It sounds like your daughter likes spiders.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

6 Aug 20

@fluffy69 Spiders creep me out.

@fluffy69 (4956)

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2 Aug 20

@simone10 hahaha yes i dont know why

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@marlina (154166)

• Canada

29 Jul 20

I saw a daddy long legs spider yesterday outside, first time in years.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

1 Aug 20

Cool! I haven't seen one in a while either.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

29 Jul 20

I can't say that I like spiders. But hating them seems to me vastly exaggerated. When I see a spider, I make it crawl on a sheet of paper and throw it out of the window.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

Hating is not vastly exaggerated for me. I hate spiders, snakes and lizards.

@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

7 Aug 20

@TheHorse We have had them inside our apartment when we lived in Vegas.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

2 Aug 20

@TheHorse Not the answer I expected from an educated man. :-( Why don't you let it crawl on a sheet of paper and throw it out of the window? Don't complain if you're swamped by flies and midgets.

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@moffittjc (118433)

• Gainesville, Florida

30 Jul 20

I used to play with Daddy Long Legs too as a kid. We had lots of them in our garage. They were fun because they were so gentle.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

1 Aug 20

Yes, they were very gentle. I thought it was fun to just let them walk on my hands and arms.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

7 Aug 20

@moffittjc Yes it was ticklish. After we played with them, we would let them gently back in the grass.

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@moffittjc (118433)

• Gainesville, Florida

2 Aug 20

@simone10 Me too. It was ticklish when they would walk on my hands and arms!

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@lovebuglena (43074)

• Staten Island, New York

29 Jul 20

Doesn't matter what spider it is or how small it is I am still freaked out. Of course, I am more freaked out by the bigger-sized ones.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

This is the only spider I am not freaked out by. I agree, the bigger ones are the worst.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

7 Aug 20

@lovebuglena I've had that happen before and it was a tiny one, so I wasn't as scared but I did watch it closely the whole time I took a shower.

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@lovebuglena (43074)

• Staten Island, New York

2 Aug 20

@simone10 One time I was in the shower and I saw a spider crawling on the wall. I freaked out big time.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

29 Jul 20

That is funny, I am also afraid of spiders but I am not afraid of those ones and usually I also don't kill them.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

It is funny, isn't it? I mean, they have these long skinny legs and you would think they would be scary, but they aren't to me.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

7 Aug 20

@nela13 I guess that's what attracted me to them as a child, knowing they were harmless.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

2 Aug 20

@simone10 they are harmless.

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Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo

@Spontaneo (14703)

• United States

30 Jul 20

Years ago, I got a spider bite on my cheek. The side of my face puffed up like a balloon. I had to keep taking ibuprofen. The only thing I could think of is that the spider bit me in my sleep.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

That's horrible! Years ago my sister got bit by a brown recluse spider on her arm. To this day, she still has a big indention in her arm from the bite.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

6 Aug 20

@Spontaneo No, but it can damage the tissue surrounding the bite.

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Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo

@Spontaneo (14703)

• United States

4 Aug 20

@simone10 Aren't brown recluse spiders deadly?

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@Janet357 (75656)

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29 Jul 20

i think we have them.in the.house, not.sure if it clings on the wall.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

I haven't seen one in quite a while. I live in an apartment so that could be why.

@Lavanya15 (12888)

• Chennai, India

29 Jul 20

Your image is very clear but I also don't like spiders that much lol.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

The image came from the Pixabay website. Yes, spiders are so creepy.

@snowy22315 (169930)

• United States

30 Jul 20

I don't mine them too much.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

1 Aug 20

I don't either. I don't see them very often anymore.

@gr8nana6 (6614)

• Conyers, Georgia

29 Jul 20

I don't like any spiders, I don't care they are creepy and freak me out.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

I can understand completely. Any other kind of spider will freak me out too. A few years ago at another place we lived, there must have been a couple in the air duct above my desk. Several mornings in a row, a tiny spider would appear in front of my face. I would get a tissue and take care of it, then another one appeared the next morning. After the second one, I moved my desk.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

7 Aug 20

@gr8nana6 It gave me the creeps because I was afraid one would get in my hair.

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@gr8nana6 (6614)

• Conyers, Georgia

2 Aug 20

@simone10 I would have too, lol.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

29 Jul 20

I get them all the time too @simone10 and I always take them outside too.,

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

I actually haven't seen one in a while.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

6 Aug 20

@nanette64 What a surprise that must have been.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

4 Aug 20

@simone10 Oh I have. One decided to hitch-hike into the house riding on my neck.

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@birjudanak (14319)

• India

29 Jul 20

Its beautiful capture as I also hate spiders but try to keep myself away from it. In my childhood, many times picked it up but not now haha.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

The photo is from the Pixabay website. I used to play with them as a child too.

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@birjudanak (14319)

• India

2 Aug 20

@simone10 Oh its OK.

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@JudyEv (325693)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Jul 20

I'd heard that daddy-long-legs were poisonous too. It's nice to know they're not.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

It's funny that even as a child, we knew they were harmless.

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@CarolDM (203454)

• Nashville, Tennessee

29 Jul 20

I have seen this my entire life. But don't want them crawling on me. They are not poisonous to humans.

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@simone10 (54189)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Aug 20

I don't mind if they crawl on my hand or arm but don't want them anywhere else on my body. It wouldn't scare me, I would be afraid they would get hurt by me moving.

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