Daddy Long Legs most venomous spider

[natas]

Growing up as a kid I always heard from people that the Daddy Long Legs were the most venomous spiders in the world, but that the fangs were so small that they couldn't bite you.

Anyone else hear this cute story people tell kids growing up?

[wreckwriter]

Never heard that but they sure are the creepiest

[Kent K25]

ALL the time, I was told..."They are the most venemous spiders but their mouths are too small to bite you."

[hisba]

I mentioned I head that saying in a spider thread here and was quick debunked! lol
Please help my with my fear.
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

[wreckwriter]

The "opilionids" are the kind I've seen. Not true spider I guess. Interesting!

[toker]

Deadly? heck no, but I was always told that if you kill one it will rain.

[blkcrochunter]

I have heard of it also. I also heard they eat other spiders.

[-=krissi=-]

i used to be ridiculously scared of them when i was a wee one because i had heard that from many people haha

[eddie]

MythBusters did an episode that debunked the myths on daddy longlegs..
Both myths, one about toxicity and one about biting.

They CAN bite.. just ask Jamie as his arm was covered with them.
Jamie is also still alive and had zero negative effects from multiple bites.

[Karnis]

I heard it many times in my youth and it never scared me. But then again, The only thing that did scare me were needles and heights and I am all but cured of thoes two

[synnottpaul]

Yeah I too heard this as a child, it didn’t bother.
My girlfriends little brother likes to pull their legs off,
So I tried to scare him with the story, hoping that he would
Leave the poor things alone. Guess what? It didn’t work.

[synnottpaul]

Originally Posted by toker

Deadly? heck no, but I was always told that if you kill one it will rain.

We were also told this as kids, but it rains so often here, that we assumed people were taking truck loads of them to a slaughter house!