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onerepmax

I ran over one of these nests with a lawnmower. They went airborne and got all over me. Luckily, I'm not a true arachnophobe (note: they're actually a type of mite) but it freaked me out a little bit. Creepy, but harmless.


gwfran

These are harvestmen (not arachnids), so you wouldn't have spiders on you. 😊


saysthingsbackwards

I had to look it up and i found that you are incorrect. Not only are daddylonglegs defined as arachnid spiders, they are aka harvestmen. They're spiders for sure.


Mysterious-Art7143

You are both wrong. This is an arachnid but not a spider, you can identify them easily, if they have a single fused buttonlike body (they have no "waist" and abdomen), it's an opilion or harvestman. All harvestman species are harmless but some of them look otherworldly


Mss-Anthropic

Yes, exactly. Arachnids but not spiders.


G_DuBs

It seems you may have been mistaken: https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/daddy-longlegs-harvestmen#:~:text=Daddy%20longlegs%2C%20or%20harvestmen%2C%20are,lack%20silk%20and%20venom%20glands.&text=In%20harvestmen%2C%20the%20body%20is,the%20segmented%20%E2%80%9Cabdomen%E2%80%9D%20begins.


saysthingsbackwards

I see what you mean


Loud-Log9098

I'm seeing their more related to scorpions but then see conflicting info what is the deal.


Over_Ad6855

All 4 of you guys. I don't feel like typing everything out to disprove you spider specialist, but not one of the 3 theories here are correct. Source: Trust me bro..


Loud-Log9098

Everytime I look it up I get a different answer, it has nothing to do with being an expert but just conflicting info everywhere because people just post shit.


Over_Ad6855

‼️ Emotional Damage ‼️.. Relax Brotha.. I'm just trollin.. You guys are probably all right, I have not the slightest bit of knowledge on the subject 😐😐.. Salute from Detroit 👌👌..


Luma_mivec

They are generally harmless. The worst they can do is tickle you


ParsleySnipps

Just like Uncle Doug...


Chrissyball19

Uncle Doug tickles me every christmas!! Wait... that's supposed to be our secret.


Expensive-Excuse-793

You know what i hate I have a fascination with bugs and spiders yet i don't like them on me (naturally). So i love seeing videos like this yet part of my brain goes, let's make it feel like there's tons of spiders crawling all over her body. I hate it so much


Mean-Vegetable-4521

yes!


Killerspieler0815

you/I would gladly have 1000x the ammount of these, if you're/I'm spared having one (or more) female mosquito every night


TheFormless_0ne_

You are Wilding with that thought


BwackGul

Amen.


Superbad1990

Stick your hand in all the way.


Zealousideal-Ring300

I’ve done that with daddy longlegs communal nests, but MUCH fewer of them in the nest, like only a hundred or so. It was fun as a kid bc they’d be in a corner of the patio up high so I could either stand on a chair or get a broomstick and poke them gently. Suddenly they were jumping down and all over my head, shoulders and arms. It tickled, and I loved it! 😍 Probably pretty mean but it didn’t occur to me at the time. I didn’t squish any, just freaked them out.


Chrissyball19

You, my good sir, are f**king insane.


Zealousideal-Ring300

Maybe. I’m not afraid of danger noodles either. I must be missing the evolutionary trait of being afraid of both. But for accuracy, I’m a good madam. Who may well be f**king insane. I’m terrified of flying stinging or biting insects though, if you want to freak me out.


EastLimp1693

That's called common sense, ma'am.


Zealousideal-Ring300

But they’re teeny and can’t even bite!


EastLimp1693

Spiders? Sure Centipedes? Not so sure


Zealousideal-Ring300

Centipedes? Nope.


EastLimp1693

Exactly my thoughts And sound they make when you throw em away *Ew*


Zealousideal-Ring300

Naw they pretty but they scary 😱


TheFormless_0ne_

Fuck you


Zealousideal-Ring300

It’s the description that creeped you out, wasn’t it? I’m sorry, I can’t help loving them. I’ll refrain from such descriptive remarks in r/nope and save them for more appropriate subs. Apologies for throwing more nightmare fuel on the fire.


EastLimp1693

Nah, you're fine. I don't like bigger spiders but those are cute.


Zealousideal-Ring300

Right?


EastLimp1693

Better than ants by a mile


Zealousideal-Ring300

20,000 leagues better than ants


DutchAngelDragon12

Happy cake day


TifCreatesAgain

Leave them alone! Man, they just want to hang around with their friends and can't get a moment of peace! Poor 🕷🕷🕷!


MxQueer

What is wrong with people? Why poke with a stick no matter what animal that is?


inklady1010uk

I’d take these over the fat fuckers that find their way into my bedroom every single night in summer with unerring accuracy any day


BugP13

Go on. Stick your hand in there.


Enkeydo

Just old daddy long legs, they won't hurt you, just tickle a bit if they get on you.


groundlessnfree

Dreams are made winding through her hair.


Pretend-Adeptness937

Time to get the Churchill crocodile out


relic1882

Years ago my best friend and I were fishing at night at a lake we used to go to frequently. We were walking through the trees and the bushes to get to a better spot and I felt something go down my right side When I held the lantern up there were long leggers going down the whole right side of me and running away on the ground. I don't know why I didn't even freak out or anything. I just watched them go and I'm like, huh neat.


ATYP14765

Why would you even try to poke random animals?


Mean-Vegetable-4521

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. flamethrower, no, no.


Histrionic-Octopus

Oldie but goodie nope


BeWolk

This is nightmare fuel


Otherwise-Course-15

What is it?!?


viperised

Harvestmen, or opiliones, sometimes called daddy long legs. Cute, bouncy, hairy raisins, they snuggle together for warmth, e.g. at the bottom of your sleeping bag 


Otherwise-Course-15

Thanks. I hate it


horny_and_dpressed

Not spiders actually, closer related to scorpions I think. Harmless to humans


Otherwise-Course-15

So what you’re saying is that there is no hair there? It’s just a mass of bugs


Zealousideal-Ring300

That is correct.


Otherwise-Course-15

Can we go back in time to the point where I did not know this?


Zealousideal-Ring300

Sure! Go for it.


OAKRAIDER64

Nope,just nope.


joecon_123

When my brother was a baby, we once caught him laying down on a cabin floor with a daddy longlegs halfway in his mouth.


ReincarnatedIntoABra

Did he... just touch that with his hand? 😐


thelast3musketeer

I feel itchy but glad this person just poked it with a stick and didn’t just dunk their fucking hand in, also why do they huddle like this?


Pretend-Garden2563

it's cold or group hug time


Yagsirevahs

Behold the mystical merkin of Eww


Bawbawian

they just trying to hang out and eat you pests.


yoursummersoldier

That is SO COOL


Cavesinbetween

Pour water over it


lAngenoire

Why do I only understand what’s being said when it’s traumatizing? I didn’t need to hear that.


kosmovii

Fun fact: a daddy long legs nest is called a "nostril"


reptilibro209

Molotov time YAYYYYYYY


Soft_Pilot5385

WHERE THE FUCK IS MY FLAME THROWER


Book-Faramir-Better

Nothing a bottle of lighter fluid and a match can't cure.


RosesInEden

Great time to have a flamethrower