Not motoring I know but I got told by an English teacher no less that Daddy Long Legs' were in fact highly poisonous but aren't strong enough to bite us. Is that true or was he trying to wind the first years up.
He drove a car by the way - oh look - it is motoring after all!
Adam
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It's surprising how spiders have an affinity for car door mirrors. I had one for ages, and then foung that it was female, because one day I had thousands, all with little webs. I was days trying to scoop them up and deposit them elsewhwere.
In the Peak District there is an age old saying, "If you want to live and thrive, let that spider stay alive". In the circumstances, where thriving is concerned I should have the advantage.
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Moskis,They are poisonous. Just dont let them settle on you.they do bite and are nasty. Takes a long time to recover from a bite ie skin jab from one
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All spiders have toxic venom - that's how they kill flies etc - but the toxicity of the venom varies. However, nearly all have chelicerae (mouthparts) that are unable to penetrate the relatively thick human skin, so the toxicity of the venom is immaterial. the exceptions, eg black widow, funnel web spider etc are well known and not British natives.
Daddy longlegs are a type of fly, more properly known as crane flies (Tipulidae). They are completely harmless, and may not even feed as adults, never mind threaten to bite humans. e shouldn't confuse these with spiders.
I wouldn't worry about a spider behind the wing mirror. It's just temporarily occupying an ecological niche. Why use a pesticide unnecessarily?
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Adski, it is true about the spider that we commonly call the Daddy long legs (the one with a little body help up by huge spindly legs that generally live in your larder or garage) They are one of the most venomous spiders in the world and are quite happy consuming Red Backs however their 'fangs' aren't strong enough to pierce human skin so are harmless to us...luckily. There are a couple of native spiders in England that can bite (feels like a sting)...generally they are the bigger garden spiders and the red woodlouse spider.
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Motoring, please. And the fact that the spider lives in your garage does NOT make it motoring.
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Back to motoring. In the motor trade, the six legged wheelbrace with a different sized socket on the end of each leg was always called 'the spider'.
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OK, I hope this is considered motoring. Just what is the problem with having a spider, or even numerous spiders, on your wing mirror, as long as you can still see out of it?
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