Are Daddy Long-legged spiders venomous?

Name: Who even named them 'Daddy Long-Legs'? 🥴
Uploaded: 2025-06-28T06:43:41+00:00
Duration: 4 s
Channel: Jarrad Goulding
Description: Short YouTube video (by Jarrad Goulding) addressing the common misconception that 'Daddy Long-legs' (long-legged arachnids) are venomous. In a brief…

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Who even named them 'Daddy Long-Legs'? 🥴

28 Jun 2025 · 0 min

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Short YouTube video (by Jarrad Goulding) addressing the common misconception that 'Daddy Long-legs' (long-legged arachnids) are venomous. In a brief dialogue the speaker clarifies this is incorrect—calling it an old wives' tale—and states that these creatures are harmless.

Questions this video answers

No — the transcript explicitly states they are not actually venomous and are harmless.

Are Daddy Long legged spiders venomous? It's a common.
Misconception. No, they're not actually venomous. I guess it's just one of those old wives tales that people have run with over the years.
They're quite harmless, aren't they?
They are very harmless. The only thing that they really do is cause a bit of a mess with spider webs and things around the place, but they are quite harmless.