Daddy long-legs spider
The daddy long-legs spider is a small spider with very long, thin legs. It lives indoors in quiet, dim corners of homes, cellars and garages, and it is found in most temperate countries on every continent. It is valued because it hunts other spiders, including the dangerous redback spider.1

Com reconèixer-lo
- Small body, about 6 to 10 mm long in males and 7 to 8 mm on average in females, not counting the legs.1
- Eight very long, thin legs covered in fine grey bristles. The legs are about 5 to 6 times the length of the body.1
- Translucent grey or pale brown body, with a dark spot on the back of the front body part and dark, blurred spots on the top of the rear body part.1
- Eight eyes: a pair of small dark eyes at the front, followed by three rows of pairs of larger eyes.1
- Loose, horizontal webs with many irregularities, often tangled with the webs of other spiders.1
Sovint es confon amb: It is often called 'daddy long-legs', a name also used for crane flies and harvestmen. Crane flies are insects, and harvestmen belong to a different group of arachnids (the order Opiliones), so they are not spiders.1
Poder del verí
El verí surt pels ullals o les dents quan mossega.
Què fa el seu verí?
Its venom is used to subdue prey, and it can bite. According to researchers, its venom has negligible effects on humans and other mammals. A bite causes a mild stinging sensation with no long-term health effects.1
Com de perillós és per a les persones?
Perill per a les persones: LleuCom una picada d'abella o menys. Pràcticament inofensiu per a les persones.It is considered harmless to humans. Bites are hardly ever reported, and a bite causes only mild stinging.1
Què fa quan té por?
When it senses danger, it swings its body round in a circle repeatedly while its legs stay fixed on the web, a movement called whirling.1
Si mossega
- Renta la mossegada i posa-hi gel per al dolor. Busca ajuda mèdica si el dolor és fort, s'estén o la persona es troba malament.
Truca sempre primer al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911). Això són pautes generals de primers auxilis, no consells mèdics. Primers auxilis bàsics
Estigues segur
- No toquis, atrapis ni molestis mai un animal salvatge, encara que sigui petit i encara que sembli adormit o mort.
- Deixa-li espai. Si en trobes un, mantén la calma, recula a poc a poc i deixa que segueixi el seu camí.
- Si te'n mossega un: mantén la calma, no et moguis, truca al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911) o ves de pressa a un hospital. Recorda com era, una foto ajuda.
No va a per tu. Fa servir el verí per caçar o per defensar-se, i prefereix mil vegades amagar-se. Més sobre com estar segur
Que gran és?
Quant fa de llarg?
fa de llarg com 2 peces de construcció de joguina en fila
podria recórrer 100 metres en 280 segons (l'humà més ràpid necessita 9,6)Que gran és Daddy long-legs spider comparat amb TU?
Només càlculs al teu navegador. No es desa ni s'envia res enlloc.
Com de ràpid va?
Dades
It hunts redback spiders, which are among the most venomous spiders in the world.1
It fakes the vibrations of a trapped insect in its web, then waits on its long legs until the prey touches one of them before attacking.1
Its whirling defence can last several hours or even days when it is threatened by jumping spiders.1
Its silk has been reported to have potential medicinal uses.1
Desmuntamites
Mite: Daddy long-legs spiders cannot bite humans because their fangs cannot get through human skin.
Veritat: Their fangs are about 0.25 mm long, and human skin is about 0.1 mm thick, so they can bite. Bites are very rarely reported, and they cause only mild stinging.1
D'on surten les dades
- Pholcus phalangioides (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Pholcus phalangioides (iNaturalist): noms i classificació.
- Venom Wiki: el nivell de perill, la mida típica i la velocitat estimada són nostres. Mira com els calculem: Com valorem el perill.
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