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Originally posted by Carrie
If y'all would quit killing the spiders, you wouldn't need to use the D-Con to get rid of all the bugs... the spiders would do it for you. 
Black widows are deadly but they're very gentle and not hostile (in my personal experience). They'd rather check you out than bite you, I've held them on my hands many times. (Yeah, I was young and stupid.)
Daddy longlegs are the coolest things, love 'em
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Daddy longlegs aren't actually in the arachnid family. They are another type of insect.
The creatures most correctly called daddy-longlegs are in their own separate Order which is Opiliones. Common names for this Order are 1) daddy-longlegs, 2) harvestmen and 3) opilionids. They are characterized by having one basic body segment which shows segmentation on the posterior portion, at most 2 eyes and all 8 legs attach to the pill-like body segment. They are usually found under logs and rocks, prefer moist habitat although they can be found in the desert, often have long flexible legs (in the temperate Northern hemisphere but there are also short-legged daddy-longlegs) and they do not produce silk so therefore they are never found in webs unless they are being eaten by spiders. Because they are found under logs and other stuff which people most often are not turning over, most folks don't run into daddy-longlegs very often.