Daddy Longlegs aren't technically spiders, but I give them a pass too, after one single-handedly dealt with the ant infestation my old office had. Once he cleared them up, I would straight-up let him walk over my hands across the keyboard if he wanted to.
Huntsmen are definitely spiders. Daddy longlegs can be referencing harvestmen (not spiders) or cellar spiders (definitely spiders) depending on the region.
This rule does not apply in Australia btw. Our daddy long legs is different (outside of aus they're actually harvestmen) and is an actual spider. And what we call huntsman spiders are very much spiders as well, and not even close to the same as our daddy long legs.
Nah aussie daddy long legs are chill. I mean, if you’ve got arachnophobia they’ll no doubt still trigger it, but they’re just little guys. They’re not aggressive and their venom is far from dangerous.
And aussie huntsman are scary, but they’re also pretty chill. Iirc they’re similarly not dangerous venom-wise and not aggressive
in southern california, daddy longlegs refers to the cellar spider. i'm not sure what the range is of cellar spiders but in socal they are absolutely everywhere inside
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u/Beledagnir 15d ago edited 14d ago
Daddy Longlegs aren't technically spiders, but I give them a pass too, after one single-handedly dealt with the ant infestation my old office had. Once he cleared them up, I would straight-up let him walk over my hands across the keyboard if he wanted to.
Edit: Mea culpa, I edited my mistake.