Daddy longlegs
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Daddy longlegs is an ambiguous common name referring to several unrelated terrestrial arthropods which have in common extremely long slender legs. Its use is highly regional, so the "Daddy longlegs" of one area is completely different from another. It is common names like this which spurred development of the formal scientific classification system.
Daddy Longlegs may refer to:
| A harvestman (Opiliones) |
A cellar spider, house spider or vibrating spider (Pholcidae) |
A crane fly (Tipulidae) |
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Missing image Harvestman_-_phalangium_opilio.JPG Harvestman |
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Missing image Cranefly.1web.jpg Crane Fly |
Daddy-Long-Legs is also the name of a book by Jean Webster and a movie into which it was made.