What does a full-size daddy long legs grow to and are they poisonous?
I’m having to remove at least two Daddy long legs (Crane fly) from the house every day. If I open the door on an evening, there are always a number of them sleeping on the outside of it. There were a few buzzing around at my parents house in Bradford the other day. Are we having an invasion? Has anyone else noticed a huge influx of crane fly? An interesting symptom of this seems to be that spiders, due to their new diet of giant flies, are now growing much larger too. So now we have gianormous spiders skulking around hunting and eating even bigger flies. I fear for the lives of our cats, although they seem to be having fun hunting and catching the flies too. UPDATE: In addition to Leeds and Bradford, I’ve now had reports of huge flies and spiders in Huddersfield too. UPDATE: To repell these flies get some Citronella oil apply it around your doors and windows, perhaps dousing some small pieces of cloth. To get rid of ones that have already got in I just recommend catching them in your c
Daddy Long Leg size There are a number of creatures that are called ‘Daddy Long Legs’. The most common one is the spider that lives in homes, often on the ceiling, with a very small body ranging from 2 – 10 mm. The legs can be up to 30 mm. The two that are less common are the Harvestmen spider with a 7mm body and legs that are 14 cm long, and the Cranefly, an insect, can grow up to 60mm. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_big_do_daddy_long_legs_get These arachnids are known for their exceptionally long walking legs, compared to body size, although there are also short-legged species. The difference between harvestmen and spiders is that in harvestmen the two main body sections (the abdomen with ten segments and cephalothorax, or prosoma and opisthosoma) are broadly joined, so that they appear to be one oval structure; they also have no venom or silk glands. In more advanced species, the first five abdomina
Daddy Long Leg size There are a number of creatures that are called ‘Daddy Long Legs’. The most common one is the spider that lives in homes, often on the ceiling, with a very small body ranging from 2 – 10 mm. The legs can be up to 30 mm. The two that are less common are the Harvestmen spider with a 7mm body and legs that are 14 cm long, and the Cranefly, an insect, can grow up to 60mm. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_big_do_daddy_long_legs_get These arachnids are known for their exceptionally long walking legs, compared to body size, although there are also short-legged species. The difference between harvestmen and spiders is that in harvestmen the two main body sections (the abdomen with ten segments and cephalothorax, or prosoma and opisthosoma) are broadly joined, so that they appear to be one oval structure; they also have no venom or silk glands. In more advanced species, the first five abdomina
