In the UK we call them daddy long legs, I don’t know what they would be called in the US - though I think it might be horseflies(?). Anyway I was told at School that IF they could break human skin, they would be deadly to us - but they haven’t evolved that ability - yet. So I think they would be who I would befriend first - just in case.
Why is everything we get taught as children utter rubbish? Just like the eating spiders in your sleep rubbish too. Sigh. Thanks for resolving a 30 year anxiety though 😂
In the UK we call them daddy long legs, I don’t know what they would be called in the US - though I think it might be horseflies(?). Anyway I was told at School that IF they could break human skin, they would be deadly to us - but they haven’t evolved that ability - yet. So I think they would be who I would befriend first - just in case.
Edit: crane flies
The idea that daddy longlegs are highly venomous and just unable to pierce human skin is an urban myth and has no basis in reality. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/daddy-longlegs/
Why is everything we get taught as children utter rubbish? Just like the eating spiders in your sleep rubbish too. Sigh. Thanks for resolving a 30 year anxiety though 😂
Are you talking about the things that look like big spiders? We call those daddy long legs as well. Horseflies are literal flies that bite.
Looks like they are crane flies - going by the Snopes link posted.