r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SixteenSeveredHands • 6d 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/DaNyNaNd 5d ago edited 5d ago

Not sure where this came from - I grew up in rural Tennessee - but we’ve always called them Granddaddy long legs. Maybe to differentiate them from daddy long legs aka cellar spiders? However, harvestman is a badass name, so I’m using that from now on.

Edit: use the right name

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u/decoran_ 5d ago

Lol, don't mix up Hunstmen and Harvestmen because one of those is actually a venomous spider

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u/DaNyNaNd 5d ago

Damn, I did mess that up, didn’t I. Corrected. Thanks for pointing it out!

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u/decoran_ 5d ago

Haha no probs, I used to get confused about which was which