I have a pet daddy long legs

My husband brought a mini washing machine (that looked more like a storage tote) from storage. Well, he didn't bother to clean it out. When I opened the top, out came a daddy long legs. I don't like to kill spiders and don't let others who I'm with do it. I'm not afraid of them, in fact I respect them. If I can catch one, I put it on something and set it outside, but I couldn't have done that with "Daddy" and certainly didn't want it roaming around the house, so I had to kill it. :cautious: We used to get little spiders in here all the time, but now that the Orkin man is coming to spray the grounds once a month, I haven't seen any (centipedes either).

So why'd you name it Jessie?
 
OneEyedDiva said:
My husband brought a mini washing machine (that looked more like a storage tote) from storage. Well, he didn't bother to clean it out. When I opened the top, out came a daddy long legs. I don't like to kill spiders and don't let others who I'm with do it. I'm not afraid of them, in fact I respect them. If I can catch one, I put it on something and set it outside, but I couldn't have done that with "Daddy" and certainly didn't want it roaming around the house, so I had to kill it. :cautious: We used to get little spiders in here all the time, but now that the Orkin man is coming to spray the grounds once a month, I haven't seen any (centipedes either).

So why'd you name it Jessie?
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I'm not able to look close enough to see if it's a dude or a dame. So I asked google.
 
So you've officially adopted a daddy long legs. Her name is Jessie. She pays no rent but brings vibes, contributes nothing to groceries, and stares at you like you're the intruder. Pretty sure she’s running the house now. You just live there and open the door for her. But what if she starts bringing in roommates and you wake up to a spider HOA ?!?!?!
 
My son was housesitting a friend's place many years ago. I went down to Melbourne and stayed with him for a week. He went off to work and as I was tidying up the loungeroom I noticed a large daddy long legs in the corner of the room. I went to the kitchen and found a tin of fly spray and sprayed it. When my son came home, I told him I got rid of the spider, he said shocked, "Oh no, that was her pet spider".
when she came back from holidays, he said she never mentioned it ever. She probably thought it had moved on.
 
There are two types of creepy-crawlies that re commonly called "daddy long-legs". Cellar spiders have segmented bodies, small fangs, and can make webs. They are true spiders.

Harvestmen's head, thorax, and abdomen are fused into a single ball. they cannot bite, nor do they produce webs. Although harvestmen are arachnids they are not actually spiders. They're in a totally different taxonomic order.

Which kind is Jesse? :unsure:
 
gruntlabor said:
Even in a free country this is --well, have you guys ever had a spider bite? They're not willing or affectionate pets, they're from another planet, they don't relate. I was once chased by a spider big enough to put on a leash
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Had one bite through the top of my tennis shoe while walking through tall grass in Dallas. My foot looked very ugly for weeks. Don't remember there being much pain. Then again, it could have been a scorpion. I did not know about it until later when taking off my shoe. It was an idiot ex-girlfriend that wanted to walk in the tall grass.

Internet tells me daddy long legs is not a spider and is not a threat to humans.
 
Tommy said:
There are two types of creepy-crawlies that re commonly called "daddy long-legs". Cellar spiders have segmented bodies, small fangs, and can make webs. They are true spiders.

Harvestmen's head, thorax, and abdomen are fused into a single ball. they cannot bite, nor do they produce webs. Although harvestmen are arachnids they are not actually spiders. They're in a totally different taxonomic order.

Which kind is Jesse? :unsure:
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ai is telling me it may be a cellar spider and wants me to give it a picture. Hope Jessie doesn't mind the flash.
 
:cry:đź’” Jessie may have moved on. I'll be checking every night when I come home from work.
 

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