pegmis
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Just moved to Iowa and I have never seen this before.
Sep 1, 2017 3:12 PM
pegmis
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Just moved to Iowa and I have never seen this before.
snowfork
They're going to be everywhere. They don't bite or harm you at all. You start to ignore them after a short time.
o0Tektite0o
It's a Opiliones
buzzl1ght
That's Bill
extraordinaryagility
They're harmless. Do study and learn to recognize Brown Recluses and Black Widows though. They're the dangerous ones.
Hubbenfluff
http://www.backyardnature.net/longlegs.htm have a nice read. They are still creepy as hell though.
sannin2
Daddy long legs it's harmless
PutThePRNDLinD
Daddy Long Legs...
pegmis
Seriously? Dang. All the CA ones have little bodies. This is like...a grape with legs
IAspireToBeMoonMoon
Yup. A very common nope in most of the country. Harmless to humans but kills other bugs. A friend.
Cetanosaurus
I don't know the english term for it, in French It's "faucheux"
o0Tektite0o
In german it's "Weberknecht"
RaisedByTurnips
That's a harvestman. It's a harmless type of arachnid. Not to be confused with a daddy-long-legs spider (also harmless, but different)
Vydrach
They're daddy long legs as well, as it's just a nickname and can even refer to crane flies, but yeah, these are non spider arachnids and-
Vydrach
entirely harmless.
llcoolj
They have a lot of poison in their bite but their teeth are too small to bite humans. Peace
thesosoartist
Myth busters disproved that
Vydrach
This is untrue. This type of daddy long legs, the harvestmen, doesn't even have any venom at all, and the spider type, cellar spiders, have-
llcoolj
I get laid
Vydrach
very, very mild venom that, at worst, would cause an ever so slight burning sensation.