Is it true that the Daddy long legs is the most deadly spider?

Question

Is it true that the Daddy long legs is the most deadly spider?

Answer 1

yes yes!...however they dont have a mouth so......

Answer 2

no they keep the bad spiders away

Answer 3

Yes it is true

Answer 4

It has the most poisonous venom - yes

But it's not lethal enough to kill a human

Answer 5

It is hard to define which spider in the world is the most dangerous to humans. Several spiders could qualify, depending on what you mean by dangerous. Do you mean the spider with the most toxic venom, measured by its effect on newborn mice or other mammals? Or do you mean the spider that has caused the death of the most people? Those that have the strongest venom may not be encountered by humans very often, or may even have trouble piercing human skin and so are not considered to be "dangerous". These include the Daddy Long Legs, which people often say is the most dangerous or most poisonous but in fact can't pierce a person's skin with its very small fangs. See this page for further info on the Daddy Long Legs. Data are usually only kept on bites from spiders that are potentially deadly or cause severe reactions and these data are not recorded consistently at a national or international level. So to answer this question I will define dangerous as "deadly".

On current evidence the most dangerous spiders in the world are Funnel-web spiders (Atrax and Hadronyche species), Redback Spiders and their relations (Latrodectus species), Banana Spiders (Phoneutria species) and Recluse Spiders (Loxosceles species). In Australia, only male Sydney Funnel Web Spiders and female Redback Spiders have caused human deaths, but none have occurred since antivenoms were made available in 1981.

The Australian Funnel-web spiders are among the deadliest spiders in the world in the effect their bites have on humans and monkeys (although the bite has little effect on dogs and cats). There are many species of funnel-web spiders in Australia but only male Sydney Funnel-webs have caused human deaths. There have been only 13 deaths recorded from male Sydney Funnel-webs, but up to 30-40 people are bitten by funnel-web spiders each year. Mouse spiders may have venom that is as toxic as that of some funnel-webs, as some patients have had severe reactions to their bites, although no-one has been recorded as having died from the effects of a mouse spider bite. Antivenoms are available for both Funnel-web and Redback Spider bites.

A group of spiders that is dangerous in many countries belongs to the genus Latrodectus in the Family Theridiidae. In Australia we have the Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti). In America, a common representative of this genus is the Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans). Antivenoms are available for both Funnel-web and Redback Spider bites.

A deadly spider which comes from South America is the Banana Spider, Phoneutria species. In south-eastern Brazil between 1970 and 1980, more than 7,000 people were admitted to hospital with bites from this spider. An antivenom also exists for this species. These are also called Brazilian Wandering spiders and have been reported in bunches of bananas imported into the United States.

The Recluse or Fiddleback Spider is a deadly spider belonging to the genus Loxosceles. Recluse spiders are found in many parts of the world and have been introduced into Australia. The venom of this spider can cause severe skin necrosis (eating away of the flesh) and can be fatal although

http://www.spiderzrule.com/dangerous.htm

Answer 6

Nooo, they're harmless, they look crazy scary but they're totally safe

Answer 7

noooo!! they xtra creepy but they help you out by eating other spiders. i dnt no if their deadly but we will never know becuz they can't puncture human skin

Answer 8

The Brazilian Wandering Spider is recognized as the deadliest spider in the world. Native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Brazilian Wandering Spiders are extremely fast, extremely venomous, and extremely aggressive. They grow to around 4 to 5 inches. Adult spiders eat large insects, small lizards, and mice. It's venom is enough to kill 255 mice.

Brazilian Wandering Spiders have turned up in other parts of the world as they have been known to occasionally hide in clusters of bananas.

Daddy-longlegs (Opiliones) - these arachnids make their living by eating decomposing vegetative and animal matter although are opportunist predators if they can get away with it. They do not have venom glands, fangs or any other mechanism for chemically subduing their food. Therefore, they do not have poison and, by the powers of logic, cannot be poisonous from venom. Some have defensive secretions that might be poisonous to small animals if ingested. So, for these daddy-long-legs, the tale is clearly false.

Answer 9

nope, that's not true.

the most deadly spider is the brazilian wandering spider.

Answer 10

absolutely not

Answer 11

yes, but their pinchers arent strong enough to penetrate human skin

Answer 12

Actually they aren't any more poisonous than most spiders, it's a myth that they have any poison at all!

Go check out www.snopes.com

Answer 13

yes, 2nd is the black widow and 3rd is the brown recluse.....these 3 are significantly more poisonous than all the other spiders after them. The Daddy long leg spider however is incapable of biting humans due to its small jaw, it would be like you and i trying to bite a wall. Not the easiest thing to do.

Answer 14

No, its not even harmful.

http://www.termite.com/spider-identifica...

http://bugguide.net/node/view/174259

Also its not a spider but is related and belongs in the arachnid order.

Answer 15

I got told that yes but the amount of vemin is harmless. But the vemin is the deadliest

Answer 16

dont eat them!

Answer 17

Yes, can they bite? no!

those tricky arachnids!

Answer 18

its said that the have the most poisionous vemon but are too small to bite and release the venom...

Answer 19

ummmm... quite the opposite. their the least harmful spider of all

Answer 20

No that's just a myth that people thought was true because some folks said they were very poisonous but had fangs that couldn't pierce human skin.  This has been proven wrong.

Answer 21

i think spiders are awesome and when i was a kid i used to let daddy longlegs crawl all over me. as far as i know they are totally harmless.to this day i won't kill a spider of any kind. drives my bf nuts lol