RE: Interesting Facts That You Know
September 2, 2014 at 4:17 am
(This post was last modified: September 2, 2014 at 4:20 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(September 1, 2014 at 8:16 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(August 28, 2014 at 11:30 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: 'Daddy long legs' have an EXTREMELY lethal venom, but they also have soft fangs (and not much of a propensity to use them) so they aren't dangerous to humans.
Myth.
(August 29, 2014 at 6:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Urban myth (about the bug, not your sister). Daddy long legs have no venom glands.
Another true fact - true daddy long legs "spiders" are not spiders at all, but Opilionids.
More commonly, 'harvestman'.
Boru <---bug nerd
(going on with spiderish stuff)
The brown recluse spider, despite its fearsome reputation, rarely bites and about 80% of its bites are dry (no venom injected).
Boru
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