Daddy Long legs

Fallingstar

I thought that a daddy long legs was a crane fly, not a spider, though I think the term covers some arachnids as well.

Yes, we would call crane flies daddy long legs (and I have been terrified of them since I was a child), but I know some people call those spiders daddy long legs too - hence the confusion over webs!

I thought that a daddy long legs was a crane fly, not a spider, though I think the term covers some arachnids as well.

Oh..cellar spiders..somehow that sounds much worse than an almost kindly Daddy Long legs !!!

Well these ones do and in fact when I went to catch one tonight it parachuted out of my hands and descended on a string Web!
Perhaps it's another species but it's what I've called them since a child !

I think you’re referring to cellar spiders. There are a lot around lately and they are breeding rapidly. You don’t really notice them until you put your hand through a web and disturb them.

I'm puzzled. The creatures I know as daddy long legs don't make webs