Does the daddy long legs have the strongest poison out of all spiders an can they bite us?
Dear Dont Know Daddy Long-Legs, The Daddy long-legs spider, also called the Daddy long-legger, Granddaddy long-legs spider, cellar spider, vibrating spider, or house spider, is a true spider and is not a harvestman. “Daddy longlegs” is a name that is used for several unrelated arthropods with extremely long and thin legs, including these spiders, the harvestmen and tipulid crane flies. The Daddy long-legs spiders comprise the Pholcidae family, in the suborder Araneomorphae. The spider’s fangs are approximately 0.25 mm (average human skin thickness is about 0.10 mm) someone was apparently bitten, although the bite produced little more than a mild short-lived burning sensation. This appears to confirm the suspicion that pholcids can penetrate human skin, but that their venom is practically harmless to humans. Additionally, recent research has shown that pholcid venom is actually relatively weak in its effects on insects as well. Another misconception is that the Daddy long-legs spider is
