Monday, May 16, 2011

Would eating a Daddy-Long-Legged Spider hurt you?

Contrary to popular belief, Daddy-Long-Legs are not the most poisonous spider on the face of the earth.  They are venomous, but do not have enough to kill a human.  Eating a Daddy-Long-Legged spider will not hurt you.  But if you milk the venom out of a spider and inject enough into the blood stream, it can be particularily hazardous.

9 comments:

  1. Uh... I may only be an entomologist, but that's not a picture of a spider... That's a harvestman. It's an arachnid (like spiders, ticks, and crabs) but it's not a spider and it doesn't have venom.

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    2. Well, seeing how someone has already necro'd this post (it has a good page rating on Google Images BTW)...

      Mythbusters showed that their fangs are long enough to inject venom, but the bite is very mild. There's no science literature to show any testing has been done on mammals, let alone people, but the their venom has a weak effect on insects compared to many other spider species. I thought the previous poster might've have pointed out something like that but hey, they're only an entomologist.

      Speaking of entomologist, they're always wanting one to call in on Science with Dr Karl on Triple J:
      http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/podcast/drk_rss.xml
      Australian entomologist; this could be your chance to shine!

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    3. your right it is a harvestman

      heres what a quick google search taught me.

      The Opiliones are an order of arachnids colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters or daddy longlegs. Although both harvestmen and spiders are arachnids, the two orders are not otherwise closely related. Wikipedia
      Scientific name: Opiliones
      Order: Opiliones; Sundevall, 1833

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  2. Are you sure that eating one can't kill you? Lol. I've got an infestation and just pulled one out of my scrambled eggs! And dangit! I'm low on food and really hungry! Lmao!

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  3. Are you sure that eating one can't kill you? Lol. I've got an infestation and just pulled one out of my scrambled eggs! And dangit! I'm low on food and really hungry! Lmao!

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