"Peach" <strawberry@lpbroadband.net> wrote in message
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On Jul 18, 12:56 pm, "Suzanne D." <sdall...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Peach" <strawbe...@lpbroadband.net> wrote in message
>
> news:5263922e-62f0-4764-afa8->Did you know there are two types of
> arachnids that have the long
>
> legs?
>
> Yes I know. I studied archeology as a child. We have spiders.
> --S.
>Then don't call them daddy long legs. It's a misnomer.
From this website:
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
"Another creature often called daddy-longlegs are actually spiders. These
long-legged spiders are in the family Pholcidae. Previously the common name
of this family was the cellar spiders but arachnologists have also given
them the moniker of "daddy-longlegs spiders" because of the confusion
generated by the general public. Because these arachnids are spiders, they
have 2 body basic body parts (cephalothorax and abdomen), have 8 eyes most
often clumped together in the front of the body, the abdomen shows no
evidence of segmentation, have 8 legs all attached to the front most body
part (the cephalothorax) and make webs out of silk. ...These spiders are
very common along the Pacific Coast. and into the southwest deserts."
Here is a picture:
http://spiders.ucr.edu/images/holplu1.jpeg
This is exactly what we have all over our house. If you want to argue the
colloquial name of this spider (which I used because people more readily
understand what a "daddy longlegs" is rather than "Holocnemus pluchei," and
can more easily enjoy the story without having to wade through a bunch of
explanations as to what I was talking about) then go ahead, but so far it's
just made you look like you're trying to unsuccessfully argue.
--S.
