Does Daddy Longlegs venom rank among the most highly toxic of all spiders?
We read quite a number of spider books stated that Daddy Longlegs spiders’ venom is one of the most poisonous, but the fangs of these spiders are too small to cut our skin, so they are not considered as dangerous spiders. However, we also read some spiders books they said that Daddy Longlegs’ venom are harmless to humans. We are confused. We think the ‘most poisonous’ point is more interesting and it seems better to believe they are toxic than non-toxic. So we put the ”most poisonous’ information in our web page……. until our visitor Justin Cordill sent us the email. Justin Cordill kindly sent us the email advised that the Daddy Longlegs spiders’ deadliest venom is simply untrue. And he suggested us to contact with Dr. Robert (Spider Bob) G. Breene III for more detailed explanation. Following is the advise from Dr. Robert G. Breene: “It started out with the myth of harvestmen, Opiliones, one family called daddylonglegs allegedly having deadly venom, but they couldn’t cut through th
