Daddy-long-legs spiders
Family Pholcidae
These spiders with very long legs often build webs in the corners of houses.
A very common introduced species, Pholcus phalangiodes, has a terrible and undeserved reputation for dangerous venom. The bite of Daddy-long-legs spiders is harmless.
Europeans give the name Daddy-long-legs to an arachnid that has no waist, a harvestman or opilione.
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