Long leg spider

This spider have some long legs

Daddy long leg

The myth of the granddaddy long legs is that they are the most poisonous spider in the world. Find out why this is not true.

Though they are sometimes called "daddy long-legs spiders," Opiliones are not true spiders -- but like spiders, ticks and scorpions, they are arachnids. Both these arachnids and the common spider Pholcidae (also sometimes called "daddy long-legs") are hounded by an unfortunate myth that claims they possess the most deadly venom of any spider known. This is completely untrue, especially in the case of Opiliones, which don't have venom glands at all. They are both about as dangerous as a…

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The tailless whip scorpion, aka the whip spider, looks a little like a cornucopia of different types of arachnids. With long, skinny legs they look like a spider, but nope. It’s not a spider. Its first pair of legs end in antennae that are used to help it see and locate prey, as they can’t see too well; even though they have multiple eyes. The large, scary-looking pedipalps look like giant, elongated claws. They look a scorpion’s claws, but this critter has no metasoma (tail) or telson...

Trapped deep underneath the surface and left to evolve in isolation for thousands of years, cave animals are some of nature's most bizarre and fascinating creatures.

A resident spider walking down the wall next to my computer screen.