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Those aren’t spiders. They have 6 legs.

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I think It’s actually regional what species the name “Daddy Long Legs” refers to.

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7 points

Craneflies over here (UK). Is it harvestmen what other countries call daddy long legs?

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3 points

Yes.

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8 points

They are spiders? What animal are you referring to?

Is it not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae?wprov=sfla1

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Could also be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones?useskin=vector which aren’t spiders but still are arachnids and have 8 legs, or even https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly?useskin=vector which are not arachnids at all, but insects and have 6 legs. All 3 different groups are called daddy longlegs.

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I’m gonna be honest. I’ve used the term to refer to both Pholcidae, and crane fly. I didn’t even realize they weren’t the same, I didn’t count the legs. I was really confused why sometimes it made a web and someone it had wings. The wings made me doubt it was a spider… But now it turns out it’s just two similar ass bugs, and I should have paid closer attention.

Edit: opinions to Opiliones

Edit 2: Opiliones to Pholcidae. Pasted the wrong text fml

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Once I learned that the two front “legs” are actually feelers, this became one of my favorite pieces of trivia.

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#gatekeeping

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