Are 'Daddy Long Legs' specified as spiders?

Friar Tuck

In the UK they are the common name given to crane flies http://www.first-nature.com/insects/diptera/tipula_maxima.htm In America most people think they are spiders, but they are not. If you look closely, you will see that spiders have two body parts, while daddy-long-legs have only one. When they walk, daddy-long-legs use their second pair of legs to feel their way, just like some insects use their antennae. There are numerous species of daddy-long-legs. These animals cannot bite http://www.yahooligans.com/content/animals/species/3700.html May 11 03, 10:52 PM

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Depend which 'Daddy Long Legs' you are refering to. TWO daddy longlegs could have 14 legs between them. Why? Well 1 of them has 6 and the other has 8. Daddy longlegs is the name applied to the harvestman , an arachnid, and to the crane fly , an insect. Arachnids have eight legs, like any spider. Insects have six. harvestman Related: Invertebrates arachnid, often called daddy longlegs because of its eight long, slender legs. The harvestman has a rounded or oval body possessing glands that give off an acrid scent. Its food consists of a variety of organic materials, including fluids from fruits and vegetation, animal tissue, and even other harvestmen. The unrelated crane fly is also called daddy longlegs because of its long legs. Harvestmen are classified in the phylum Arthropoda , class Arachnida, order Opiliones http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/h1/harvstma.asp crane fly Related: Invertebrates true fly resembling a mosquito, often called daddy longlegs because of its six long, delicate legs. (The harvestman , also called daddy longlegs, belongs to an unrelated order.) Most species of crane flies have a single pair of wings and slender bodies. They feed upon plant substances and frequent damp places in pastures and meadows. Crane flies belong to the phylum Arthropoda , class Insecta, order Diptera, family Tipulidae http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c1/cranefly.asp May 11 03, 11:12 PM

Curia

In Oz Daddy Long Legs are spiders - see http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/spider/daddy.htm May 11 03, 11:24 PM

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