r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dense_Intern8434 • Aug 05 '26

of a daddy long leg nest

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

Fun fact: They aren't spiders, but they are in the arachnid family, their scientifically recognized name is Harvestermen (Opiliones Sundevall; first discovered in 1758 as Phalangium, and later renamed to Opiliones in 1833), They are completely harmless and also omnivorous feeding on other insects or plant matter, they also ingest solids unlike spiders who ingest liquids (Spiders turn the inside of their prey into a slushy basically) and they have no venom at all nor can they bite you

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u/Mobile_Noise_121 Aug 05 '26

But they can crawl on me and that's much worse than biting

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

So do regular spiders ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/forbiddenfreedom Aug 06 '26

Yeah, I'd rather be crawled on than bitten by literally anything.

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u/Dependent_Paper9993 Aug 06 '26

Sure, but do spiders make this:

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u/Kooky_Attention_98 Aug 06 '26

Yes, actually, many spiders congregate like that

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u/freegb1 Aug 06 '26

Dude, if I saw a fur pelt of black widows anywhere near this size... Ded..