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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
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
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That's the ferocious, man-eating, flesh-devouring aggressive beast that I think of when using the term 'Daddy Long Legs.'
If I'm not mistaken, weren't they one of the plagues of Egypt that are spoken of in the Bible?
Stitchawl