Do Daddy Longlegs Eat Spiders?
Daddy-Longlegs Are Generally Beneficial. They Have a Very Broad Diet That Includes Spiders and Insects, Including Plant Pests Such as Aphids. Daddy-Longlegs...
Daddy-longlegs are generally beneficial. They have a very broad diet that includes spiders and insects, including plant pests such as aphids. Daddy-longlegs also scavenge for dead insects and will eat bird droppings.
Do Daddy Long Legs kill other spiders?
Yet despite their apparent harmlessness, Daddy-long-legs have little trouble catching, wrapping and killing much larger Huntsman spiders. They have even been known to catch Redback spiders and Funnel-web spiders, both of which are far larger and more toxic than the Daddy-long-legs.
Do Daddy Long Legs eat red back spiders?
Danger to humans
However, there is no scientific evidence to back this up. The myth probably grew from observations that the Daddy-long-legs Spider will kill and eat a Redback Spider. However, the venom is not actually that potent, even for insects.
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