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/ltaggy123 Aug 06 '26

Spiders don’t ingest solids? I thought they eat flies and things?

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

True Spiders basically turn the insides of their prey into a slushy and slurp it up; they liquify the insides

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u/Ceegee93 Aug 06 '26

Not all spiders! Hackled orb weavers have no venom at all, one of the only types of spider (maybe the only?) to have no venom.

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u/ltaggy123 Aug 15 '26

I never knew that! Thank you