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hello, basically is there a proper name for these little buggers or is this their proper name? the reasobn for this is that i heard about them having poisonous venom however they have no way of injecting it into thigs. i was curious if this was true or not. so yer if anyone can help me out i think its aloud of bollox but hey what do i know thanks alot:)

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yea, aparently many house hold spiders have venom that would seriously harm us, but they got no way of injecting it.

my only question is, dont we eat an average of 8 spiders a year, my only guess is our stomach acids ruin the venom, or it passes straight through us as it aint in our blood stream. (altho most other poisons are dangerous by ingestion).

on a similar note, my cat eats daddy long legs, in the time ive spent with him today, which is probably under an hour, ive seen him eat 4. surely being on a 40 a day habit like this cant be healthy for him(considering hes a wee bit smaller than most humans)

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your all wrong!!

they are called "harvestman" spiders......but actually they are not real spiders as they only have one body segment.

Also, they are venomous (all spider thingys are) but they are not in the slightest bit deadly! ALSO, venom has to be injected directly into the blood stream (hence snakes, spiders ect all have fangs). Poison on the other hand can be absorbed though the skin.

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your all wrong!!

they are called "harvestman" spiders......but actually they are not real spiders as they only have one body segment.

Harvestmen dont have wings.

Daddylong legs's are flies, hence cranefly...

It's due to the retarded weather this year that we have such big/ so many insects i'm told.

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Ive killed 4 tonite already :blink: is it just me or are they everywhere this year?

I think so, rather 'harvestman spiders' than moths though. They just keep flying into your window. The harvestman spiders just fly like their pissed.

Basically a spider with the priviledge of wings....a priviledge it doesn't deserve if you ask me.

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Ive killed 4 tonite already :blink: is it just me or are they everywhere this year?

Too trooting right man theres always 2 in my room every night (N) and i just twat them with objects :P Think its due to summer was watching news saying that the temperature is great this year for them.

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I've got like 4 flying around my room, piss annoying.

Haha, I have this thing that kills flys, looks like a badminton racket, but the mesh has a small electric shock, enough to a wasp. It's f**king ace fun when your bored.

They are ace!!!

Was getting pissed people last night to touch it when its on hahaha!

Chased some f**k off albatross of a fly round the house with it aswell lol

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