Re: 'Daddy long legs' poisonous?

Date: Fri Jul 10 14:43:14 1998
Posted By: Louise Freeman, Post-doc/Fellow Biology
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 897852655.Zo

Message:

You have heard correctly. Daddy longlegs have a poison that can be used to kill its normal prey (often other spiders) but it cannot penetrate human skin, and even if it could, the poison is not likely to be strong enough to hurt a human.

You can learn more about the Daddy Longlegs spiders at:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Pholcidae/Pholcidae.htm

Louise Freeman

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