{"id":1933,"date":"2021-03-01T15:12:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T22:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2021-03-02T15:30:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T22:30:58","slug":"daddy-long-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/nature-detectives\/daddy-long-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Daddy Long-legs &#038; The Playground Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered about daddy long-legs? You might know they aren\u2019t spiders, even though they certainly resemble spiders with their eight flimsy legs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1934 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daddy-long-legs-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"daddy-long legs\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daddy-long-legs-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daddy-long-legs.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maybe you spotted a daddy long-legs on the school playground? They are fairly common to find in shady places such as under a slide, beside the building, or on a wall.<\/p>\n<p>Possibly you heard a kid say, \u201cThey are the most poisonous spider in the world!\u201d Then abuddy countered, \u201cYah, but they have such a tiny mouth, they can\u2019t bite people.\u201d Perhaps your friend worried, \u201cWhat if that one has a bigger mouth?!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Myth Heard Around the World<\/h2>\n<p>Incredibly, that myth about them being deadly has spread all over the world. (Well, not in Antarctica\u2026no daddy long-legs there.) Truth is, daddy long-legs cannot inject deadly toxins because they have no glands for making venom nor any fangs for venom delivery. No venom, no fangs, no worries for humans.<\/p>\n<p>Many people mix up the words poisonous and venomous. Poison is something unsafe to swallow such as a toxic plant. Venom is toxin that some snakes and other critters make in glands in their bodies to inject with their bite or sting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1937\" src=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daddy-long-legs-2-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"daddy-long legs\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daddy-long-legs-2-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/bouldercountyopenspace.org\/i\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daddy-long-legs-2.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spiders do have venom glands and fangs, usually teeny fangs and most do not have very toxic venom. Spiders have two very obvious main body parts divided by a narrow middle, and spiders have three or four pairs of eyes. (Remember daddy long-legs aren\u2019t spiders.)<\/p>\n<p>Daddy long-legs have one pair of light-sensing eyes, placed on a miniature tower on the front of their body. The body of a daddy long-legs slightly resembles a round raisin held up on skinny legs. They don\u2019t have a narrow waist, and their two main body parts are hidden under their exoskeleton.<\/p>\n<p>Without venom or fangs, daddy long-legs have survived just fine on earth for over 400 million years.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, fossils of daddy long-legs that lived 100 million years before dinosaurs look pretty much like those in Boulder County today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.bouldercounty.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daddy-long-legs.pdf\">Continue Reading &amp; Download the Print Edition<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"clearfix\"><i class=\"fa fa-bug fa-lg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Nature Detectives Library<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">Every past issue of Nature Detectives can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bouldercounty.org\/open-space\/education\/nature-detectives\/#library\">Nature Detectives Library<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered about daddy long-legs? You might know they aren\u2019t spiders, even though they certainly resemble spiders with their eight flimsy legs. Maybe you spotted a daddy long-legs on the school playground? They are fairly common to find in shady places such as under a slide, beside the building, or on a wall. 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