there's a moth in the kitchen

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Nick
 
Rahvin if it happens again just try the old turn all the lights off and a light on outside trick.

Is it true daddy long legs spiders are the most poisonous but their fangs cannot penetrate human skin?
 
Jo said:
Is it true daddy long legs spiders are the most poisonous but their fangs cannot penetrate human skin?
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html


Possible envenomation

Is there any truth to this oft-repeated tale?

Daddy-longlegs (Opiliones) - these arachnids make their living by eating decomposing vegetative and animal matter although are opportunist predators if they can get away with it. They do not have venom glands, fangs or any other mechanism for chemically subduing their food. Therefore, they do not have poison and, by the powers of logic, cannot be poisonous from venom. Some have defensive secretions that might be poisonous to small animals if ingested. So, for these daddy-long-legs, the tale is clearly false.
 
Jo said:
Rahvin if it happens again just try the old turn all the lights off and a light on outside trick.
this time it was during the day, and turning the lights off inside would have meant spending a few seconds in the same room with the creature. :ill: isn't it simpler if i call on you instead? :p
 
Thank you for clearing that up Sole4Raziel. I actually researched the subject right after I posted o_O

rahvin said:
this time it was during the day, and turning the lights off inside would have meant spending a few seconds in the same room with the creature. :ill:
aww :ill: I am sure it was hoping the big human would stay back

rahvin said:
isn't it simpler if i call on you instead? :p
haha simpler...how long is the life span of a moth? :p