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Originally Posted by orlok
You do know that Daddy-long-legs aren't spiders? Count the legs - six! Real name is the Crane Fly. There, don't you feel better now?
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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Another case of being separated by a common language. In the US, "daddy long-legs" is usually used for harvestmen. Which have eight legs, but aren't spiders.
But in this case, it must be being used for a cellar spider, since harvestmen don't have silk.
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In Virginia, the spider we've always called a "granddaddy long-legs"
is a spider. Their habitat of choice is the shower stall in the Sharpe household. We just ignore them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae
We also have Harvestmen insects in Virginia, and these are sometimes called by the same name.