daddy longlegs
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If there’s one defining trait of daddy longlegs, it has to be their legs.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 3, 2021
But it was nothing to be afraid of, they were daddy longlegs.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2019
“We’d always capture daddy longlegs and put them on our arms, and we’d make mud puddles,” said Marcy Felch.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2018
Often, the best I could hope for was a damp cinder block structure filled with daddy longlegs.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2015
At least a dozen daddy longlegs were arranged along the bottom of the cool porcelain tub, quiet, quivering when the light blared on and her shadow fell.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
