This spider has taken residence in a corner of one of the rooms, I’m not bothered by them but the web is getting a bit too big… can I just remove part of it to keep the size in check without causing harm to the spider?

  • bec@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Wait, I now have to research how they build their webs then, if not by spinning. Thanks for the trivia!

    • fujiwood@lemmy.world
      141·
      1 year ago

      They prefer back and forth motion, shaking if you will, over a circular motion like stirring. Hence they don’t spin webs. They prefer them shaken.

    • livus@kbin.social
      9·
      1 year ago

      No, the daddy long legs you’re talking about is a spider and of course it spins its webs. @PolyLlamaRous was talking about something completely different, the harvestman.

      From their likely source:

      Other Daddy Longlegs

      Some of the confusion over whether the daddy longlegs is a spider comes from the fact that there are two are small creatures with that name, and one actually is a spider.

      The daddy longlegs spider is the cellar spider. It is pale gray or tan and has banding or chevron markings. Crane flies, which resemble large mosquitoes, are sometimes called daddy longlegs as well.

      • bec@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I was about to reach the same conclusion, as I couldn’t find any mentions of alternative ways of spinning webs, so thanks for the confirmation!