Arachnophobia City! Thousands and Thousands of Spiders.

1. Jim
   February 7th, 2007 at 11:55 am

   I think that really is a nightmare I've had before. AGH.

2. Bryan
   February 7th, 2007 at 12:13 pm

   My ex-girlfriend once told me that Daddy Longlegs are actually one of the most poisonous creatures on Earth, but they're not a threat to humans because their, uh, fangs are too small to pierce our skin. No idea if that's true or not and she was notorious for being full of [expletive deleted] but I try to avoid being covered with thousands of them just the same.

3. L
   February 7th, 2007 at 12:59 pm

   I don't think it's because their fangs are too small. I heard that it was because their mouths are too small... they can't open wide enough to get our skin in there.

4. SC
   February 7th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

   They actually busted this myth on Mythbusters. Adam put his arm into a tube full of daddy long legs. One of them bit him, and nothing really happened. They also analyzed the venom and found that it's not fatal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(season_1)#Episode_13_.E2.80. 94_.22Buried_in_Concrete.2C_Daddy_Long-legs.2C_Jet_Taxi.22

5. Solo
   February 7th, 2007 at 1:23 pm

   Yes, good urban legend.

   http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.htm

   And I'm wondering why those creatures packed like that on the picture. Daddy long legs are cute, they are kind of weak and they don't run fast.

   I'd be more scared of such a numerous army of brown recluse or even dumb wolf spiders.

6. Wendy
   February 7th, 2007 at 1:55 pm

   OMG - Alex, thanks for reigniting my phobia of spiders. Holy crap my skin is crawling!

   YEEEEEEEEEUUUUGGGGGGHHHH!!!!

7. liz
   February 7th, 2007 at 2:54 pm

   Ahh, that photo brought back memories of the decrepit barn on our property in Texas. One wall was always covered with thousands and thousands of daddy longlegs. To warn you off, they would all start bouncing up and down in unison - very creepy and it actually made a fairly loud noise. OK, so one day I went in anyway and was ignoring the bouncing _ and a bunch of the spiders clumped together and fell off the wall in this big ball. I freaked out and ran away screaming. I SWEAR this is a true story. I don't know what their next move would have been. I didn't stick around to find out.

8. Heather
   February 7th, 2007 at 3:29 pm

   Holy where was that a house? My skin crawls just thinkin about that pic. Now im gonna have nightmatres!!!!

9. shoulders
   February 7th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

   Shoot, those little fellers couldn't hurt a flea. They do tend to clump together like that, though. One summer when I was a kid at summer camp, us boys filled up a large coffee can with daddy longlegs and emptied it into the girls' cabin. You should have heard the screams.

10. Mojo Yugen
    February 7th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    I normally love daddy long-legs but when they get together like this it does creep me out. Makes me think they are planning something sinister.

11. Jane
    February 7th, 2007 at 10:17 pm

    Camping one summer a few hours north of Toronto I found that my tent became a gathering place for the little buggers. My tent walls are mesh with a windbreaking/waterproof layer above and they would come together en mass just on the outside of the mesh where they (luckily) couldn't get me but I could see them bouncing non-stop at all hours. One night I counted 60 or more just before bed. Alone they don't bother me, but yeah in huge masses like this one in the picture it would freak me out.

12. Nat
    February 8th, 2007 at 12:37 am

    Is it bad that the first thing that made me think of was pubic hair?

13. Denita TwoDragons
    February 8th, 2007 at 1:58 am

    We used to encounter Daddy Long Legs in big clumps like that. My Mom called them "armpits"...*LOL*

    --TwoDragons

14. Justin
    February 8th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    That's pretty intense, but I think it would be even more frightening if they were the regular spiders.

15. Nostra
    August 10th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    Just to clear it up... for their size and their prey's size, daddy longlegs have an extremely toxic venom... but compared to a warm-blooded mammal such as a human, the venom is practically negligible.

16. garnetjade
    June 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    I love daddy long legs but that photo is kinda creepy. xD

17. Jess
    August 4th, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    Woah, I'm really scared. I don't usually get these ones in my house but lately I've been seeing them here and there. After seeing this picture, I'm scared they're all gathering somewhere O__o

18. The What Up Dog
    September 25th, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    I saw this in real life one time. I was hiking up a creek in Northern California and saw what looked like a rock with fur on it. I went up to touch it, and the instant I touched it they all scattered! I literally screamed like a little girl! They were on an overhang above me so some of them fell down into my hair. I've never been so freaked out, and also fascinated in my life. I sat there and watched them a while longer, and after a minute or so, they aggregated again, and sat there, perfectly still. I have read a study on these creatures, they are known as Opiliones, an Arachnid relative of spiders. This behavior is apparently a response to predation. Amazing.

19. Esperanza Catcheprata
    October 21st, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    Wow, that pic just reinforced my aracnophobia. Now im gonna have to sleep standin up tonite.

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    October 27th, 2009 at 11:47 am

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