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07/04/2011 01:41:34 AM · #1 |
I've looked all over on google, and still have no idea what it is. But it's been in the upper corner of the wall in our shower for over a week now. I'm considering adopting it to add to our zoo. |
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07/04/2011 02:07:00 AM · #2 |
| I think it was a little bit mean pulling off a leg to try to identify it! :P |
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07/04/2011 02:21:49 AM · #3 |
I'm not sure but it looks like a Daddy Long Legs (I don't think that's its scientific name).
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07/04/2011 02:23:44 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
I think it was a little bit mean pulling off a leg to try to identify it! :P |
I went for the taste test to identify it. Just tasted like old pasta to me. |
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07/04/2011 02:27:39 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by monster-zero:
Originally posted by vawendy:
I think it was a little bit mean pulling off a leg to try to identify it! :P |
I went for the taste test to identify it. Just tasted like old pasta to me. |
You could have just nibbled a foot... |
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07/04/2011 02:29:19 AM · #6 |
Not a daddy longlegs. It's body is segmented and has a waist -- it's actually a spider (I think...)
(daddy longlegs are not spiders, btw)
Message edited by author 2011-07-04 02:29:53. |
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07/04/2011 02:29:32 AM · #7 |
| Spitting Spider perhaps? //www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/spitspid.html |
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07/04/2011 02:30:37 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Nordlys:
Spitting Spider perhaps? //www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/spitspid.html |
Nope. Can't be. Those have 8 legs, not 7. :P |
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07/04/2011 02:36:41 AM · #9 |
| Ah, then it could be a spittin' spider, or a Spiting spider, or a pitting spider... |
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07/04/2011 02:40:19 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
Not a daddy longlegs. It's body is segmented and has a waist -- it's actually a spider (I think...)
(daddy longlegs are not spiders, btw) |
Wow! That's news to me. The creature I was referring also goes by the name Pholcidae which I thought was a spider. I'll have to look it up tomorrow at work as my computer is broke. I was sure they had 8 legs. So what type of creature are they?
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07/04/2011 02:45:42 AM · #11 |
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Do I see three pairs of two eyes? If so it's likely to be a reclusa. Probably not a true brown recluse, but one of the family, the location would be correct as well. |
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07/04/2011 02:46:19 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Abra:
Originally posted by vawendy:
Not a daddy longlegs. It's body is segmented and has a waist -- it's actually a spider (I think...)
(daddy longlegs are not spiders, btw) |
Wow! That's news to me. The creature I was referring also goes by the name Pholcidae which I thought was a spider. I'll have to look it up tomorrow at work as my computer is broke. I was sure they had 8 legs. So what type of creature are they? |
They do have 8 legs, but their body is different -- not segmented. Weird... wikipedia says that they are "arachnids but not spiders".
These arachnids are known for their exceptionally long walking legs, compared to body size, although there are also short-legged species. The difference between harvestmen and spiders is that in harvestmen the two main body sections (the abdomen with ten segments and cephalothorax, or prosoma and opisthosoma) are broadly joined, so that they appear to be one oval structure; they also have no venom or silk glands. In more advanced species, the first five abdominal segments are often fused into a dorsal shield called the scutum, which is normally fused with the carapace. Sometimes this shield is only present in males. The two most posterior abdominal segments can be reduced or separated in the middle on the surface to form two plates lying next to each other. The second pair of legs are longer than the others and work as antennae. This can be hard to see in short-legged species.
The feeding apparatus (stomotheca) differs from other arachnids in that ingestion is not restricted to liquid, but chunks of food can be taken in. The stomotheca is formed by extensions from the pedipalps and the first pair of legs.
They have a single pair of eyes in the middle of their heads, oriented sideways. However, there are eyeless species, such as the Brazilian Caecobunus termitarum (Grassatores) from termite nests, Giupponia chagasi (Gonyleptidae) from caves, and all species of Guasiniidae.[3] |
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07/04/2011 02:47:46 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by Abra:
Originally posted by vawendy:
Not a daddy longlegs. It's body is segmented and has a waist -- it's actually a spider (I think...)
(daddy longlegs are not spiders, btw) |
Wow! That's news to me. The creature I was referring also goes by the name Pholcidae which I thought was a spider. I'll have to look it up tomorrow at work as my computer is broke. I was sure they had 8 legs. So what type of creature are they? |
Daddy longlegs are usually harvestman.
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07/04/2011 02:47:54 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by Abra:
Originally posted by vawendy:
Not a daddy longlegs. It's body is segmented and has a waist -- it's actually a spider (I think...)
(daddy longlegs are not spiders, btw) |
Wow! That's news to me. The creature I was referring also goes by the name Pholcidae which I thought was a spider. I'll have to look it up tomorrow at work as my computer is broke. I was sure they had 8 legs. So what type of creature are they? |
Ah, my mistake. Pholicidae are spiders. We always called this a daddy long legs (harvestman):
And they are arachnids, but not spiders
Message edited by author 2011-07-04 02:48:55. |
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07/04/2011 02:48:33 AM · #15 |
| oops -- cory beat me to it. (funky picture, cory!) |
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07/04/2011 02:51:48 AM · #16 |
ETA: Not a recluse I was mistaken!
Message edited by author 2011-07-04 03:09:38. |
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07/04/2011 02:59:13 AM · #17 |
I haven't seen a brown recluse picture where they are so mottled, though... Is that just a different strain?
If you get bitten, it would make an interesting photo...
brown recluse bite -- (warning, it's pretty gross..) |
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07/04/2011 03:00:34 AM · #18 |
Thanks Wendy for a wonderful bit of education. The Daddy Long Legs I was referring to is something I encourage to keep in my shed as they keep the population of Redback Spiders down, but that may be an urban legend.
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07/04/2011 03:02:03 AM · #19 |
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ETA: that spitting spider looks a hell of a lot like a recluse too, are they three pairs of two eyes as well? I know there are few others, but they're not common. Let me take a look at Wikipedia.
ETA2: What do you know, spitting spiders are one of the odd-balls... Ok, don't kill it, keep that bad boy! It's not a recluse after all!! :)
Message edited by author 2011-07-04 03:10:52. |
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07/04/2011 04:16:58 AM · #20 |
| In England we call these Daddy Long Legs //house-flies.net/crane_fly.htm A crane fly! So I was really confused reading this thread :( |
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07/04/2011 10:05:01 AM · #21 |
If you found it in you shower, it could only be one type of spider. I'm not sure of the common name but the scientific name is:
Scarethepissus outofpeopleintheshowerus
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07/04/2011 11:11:12 AM · #22 |
Originally posted by Cory:
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ETA: that spitting spider looks a hell of a lot like a recluse too, are they three pairs of two eyes as well? I know there are few others, but they're not common. Let me take a look at Wikipedia.
ETA2: What do you know, spitting spiders are one of the odd-balls... Ok, don't kill it, keep that bad boy! It's not a recluse after all!! :) |
Sweet. I was growing kind of fond of him |
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07/04/2011 11:26:33 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
If you found it in you shower, it could only be one type of spider. I'm not sure of the common name but the scientific name is:
Scarethepissus outofpeopleintheshowerus |
Kenny knows what's up. Just saying. |
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