What has eight long legs and looks like a spider, but isn’t one? Answer: the arachnids commonly called harvestmen or daddy longlegs. Anyone who has spent much time outdoors has seen these creatures ...

Daddy-long-legs, which look like spiders with thin legs much longer than their bodies, are generally seen as harmless. But according to many versions of a popular rumor, daddy-long-legs are actually ...

[WATCH: In the video player above, spiders in Ohio that run on water, hunt fish and even frogs.] (WJW) – ‘Daddy longlegs’ are NOT spiders. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently shared the news ...

“What is it?” I asked, at the age of 4, pointing to a leggy thing on the side of our house. “That’s a daddy long legs — it won’t bite” my mother responded. Mom wasn’t always right, but she was right ...

According to the calendar, early August is halfway from the summer solstice of June to the autumnal equinox of September. Though the daylight is getting shorter, more than an hour less than late June, ...

Halloween might be over, but creepy crawlies like daddy longlegs and other spiders still haunt the spaces above, below and ...

Let's talk etymology/entomology for a minute. Keep in mind that I am always right. When I was growing up, "daddy long-legs" meant this dude: "Fuck your skink. I'm hungry." They lived in the garden and ...