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- From: Jerry B <liberty AT kaballero.com>
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- Subject: Re: [Homestead] Spider bite
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:27:59 -0400
At least in the broad scan of Wikipaedia, Daddy Long Legs are getting a bum rap. Under the heading Misconceptions is found:
"An urban legend <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend> claims that the harvestman is the most venomous <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom> animal in the world, but its fangs are too small to bite a human and therefore is not dangerous. (The same myth applies to the cellar spider <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellar_spider>, which is also called a daddy longlegs)^[8] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones#cite_note-7> . This is untrue on several counts. None of the known species have venom glands or fangs, instead having chelicerae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelicerae>.^[9] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones#cite_note-8> The size of its mouth varies by species, but even those with relatively large jaws hardly ever bite humans or other large creatures, even in self-defense. The few known cases of actual bites did not involve envenomation, and had no lasting effect.^[10]" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones#cite_note-9>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones#Misconception
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someone wrote:
Virtually all spiders are venomous. Daddy-long-legs is one of the most venomous spiders in the world, but it's mouth is so small it
can't bite you.
THAT's comforting to know - just yesterday our 6 year old excitedly pointed out one in the bathroom. I said it can't hurt you and is not dangerous.
(I'll handle them MUCH more carefully from now on!)
Roy
Roy Morgan
k1lky AT earthlink.net
Lovettsville, VA 20180
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
Gene GeRue, 06/18/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
paxamicus, 06/19/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
Gene GeRue, 06/19/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
bob ford, 06/19/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Spider bite, Gene GeRue, 06/19/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
bob ford, 06/19/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
Gene GeRue, 06/19/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
paxamicus, 06/19/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Spider bite, EarthNSky, 06/18/2008
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Clansgian, 06/18/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
Roy Morgan, 06/18/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
paxamicus, 06/18/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Spider bite, Marie McHarry, 06/18/2008
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paxamicus, 06/18/2008
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- Re: [Homestead] Spider bite, Jerry B, 06/22/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
Roy Morgan, 06/18/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Spider bite,
Gene GeRue, 06/18/2008
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