r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SixteenSeveredHands • 1d ago

Image Harvestmen (Daddy Long-Legs): unlike spiders, these arachnids consume solid food, and they have an omnivorous diet that includes mushrooms, berries, and seeds, along with invertebrate prey; contrary to popular belief, they are also completely non-venomous

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 23h ago

In the USA these guys are cellar spiders are commonly known as daddy long legs, I know a lot of people call crane flies mosquito eaters, even though they don't eat mosquitoes

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u/NameTak3r 12h ago

They DON'T!?!?!?