Basking In The Morning Sun In Our South Wales Garden - Explore
I thought this was a Daddy Long Legs but Dougie Ritchie tells me it is a Harvestman, an Arachnid.
The daddy longlegs is actually a large type of cranefly, of which there are 94 species in the UK. The urban myth that daddy longlegs are venomous is just that - a myth! It's true that they cannot bite, but the venomous rumour is likely to have been due to its confusion with certain species of spiders.
The Wildlife Trust
Have a lovely weekend everyone
Basking In The Morning Sun In Our South Wales Garden - Explore
I thought this was a Daddy Long Legs but Dougie Ritchie tells me it is a Harvestman, an Arachnid.
The daddy longlegs is actually a large type of cranefly, of which there are 94 species in the UK. The urban myth that daddy longlegs are venomous is just that - a myth! It's true that they cannot bite, but the venomous rumour is likely to have been due to its confusion with certain species of spiders.
The Wildlife Trust
Have a lovely weekend everyone