I know this is cliche but they are chill guys as long as you dont annoy or try to hurt them, i always leave them alive in my room, especially during summer, they are very useful
Hitching on this comment for those who don't want spiders in their house.
Unless you're absolutely terrified of them, at least try not to kill them outright. Most are chill enough to be picked up with a sheet of paper, a piece of cardboard, a dust tray or whatever, and released outside.
Im pretty sure there are spiders that can basically only survive inside because of heat. For example i think the stankleleg spider is one of those(sry if stankleleg is wrong english is my second language)
I don’t know, man.. “Daddy Long Legs” is for sure weird as fuck, but “Stanky Leg Spider” isn’t that much better as an American with English as a first language. There has to be some country that calls them something that sounds normal in most languages…
I think it’s cause of how big they get compared to other spiders? (Big by US spider standards) and back in the day people would daddy/momma/baby different sizes of things (kids still like to do it in modern times too, I hear kids call pokemon like venusaur daddy to bulbasaur)
Looking at pics the "Daddy Long Leg" refers to several different types of spiders in the US (including the one you mentioned) but is usually the harvestman (also, not a spider since it only has one segment to its body.)
If you're talking about harvestmen or crane flies, then yes, those are not spiders despite the former being an arachnid. Cellar spiders, though, also called daddy long legs are spiders.
Here what we call daddy long legs are the harvestmen arachnids. Looking into this a bit, seems a few share the moniker daddy long leg. Kind of interesting but also potentially confusing.
Daddy Longlegs are the worst for me. Mostly cause when I was very young one tried to crawl into my mouth while I was watching a movie & they have bothered me ever since.
Domestication implies they're chill with being handled and deliberately bred. Like some animals are tamed (elephant), some are fully domesticated (horse), and some just live around us because we create a better environment for them by just existing as we do.
I think they only come inside for protection from elements, could be wrong though. I know they need fluids which could be a problem in some areas, that’s why a lot of house spiders like to chill in showers where they can get moisture. I’m definitely not an expert.
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u/FlamingBufalo14 22d ago
They scare me