Daddy Long Legs: What Exactly Are They?

It is not uncommon for animals to be known by multiple names, but what if multiple animals are known by the same name? The name daddy long legs means many things to many people – here we explore the creatures behind the title.

With daddy long legs, you might assume it’s all about the legs, but dig a little deeper and you’ll discover that there is a lot more to them than initially meets the eye.

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[Artistwithpurplehair]

When I was 5 I woke up to a daddy long legs crawling on my face. I screamed so loud in the middle of the night.

[mlgproplayer]

So, in summary, we have three long-legged friends.

Father Long Legs - The Fly
Daddy Long Legs - The Harvestmen
Spider Long Legs - The Spider

[custommediacreations]

I have a pet cellar spider, I named him Pops, he moved into my cupboard, I fed him once and he’s been there ever since, I feed him ants.

[marshtastic]

Opiliones seem to make me feel uncomfortable, especially for they’re abnormally long legs, which started my Arachnophobia at the age of 5 when an Opiliones Daddy Long Legs hopped on my left arm. Still this is interesting

[willemlagrange]

Thank you for this great video, I come back for the calm narration and lovely animation. If you find the time, could you maybe do a video on afrotheria?

[DIY_Miracle]

I've only ever thought of daddy long legs as pholcidae. Being Australian (Victoria), the other two are probably much less common

[GH-oijf]

I've always thought it meant only a harvestman.

[raphlvlogs]

various different species of animals and plants can share the same or very similar common names thats why common names can sometimes be unreliable

[muhammadsurah]

1:19 These types of spiders hang inverted in their messy, jumbled, and irregular webs.

[dragonmouse]

I was taught that a real daddy longlegs ia a crustacean related to crabs and lobsters and is not a spider at all

[JeffManuel_Gaming]

Daddy longlegs ahh yes they dont need to mate. If they mate i have no words🤐

[hailgiratinathetruegod]

Can Yputubefix tthe glitch that this channel has so few views and subscribers

[cameltube-vkel]

This video had the potential to be way way better. THis is about a 5yr olds review. I learned nothing beyond the most rudimentary facts, story's & word-0-mouth intelligence brief. What do they eat ? What is their kill zone, their nemesis ? How do you eliminate them before getting overrun by them ?? Stuff kind-a like out so well and just circled around into the toilet for me. But thanks man
What about their bite ? What is their life cycle ? I cleaned my garage and within a week they had completed a FOB, several ! THey seem to have returned in force....all ages from big to babys have overrun my perimeter and are just freaking EVERYWHERE

[dtuned]

"skeeter eater"

I think you mean mosquito eaters. Nobody says skeeter eaters. That's infantilizing