Mr. Daddy-Long-Legs
sweet wise legs quickly outrun
gross shoe hit-and-run
Daddy-Long-Legs … Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2018
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Mr. Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs … Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2018
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Wow.. Beautiful
He is, Leyla! 🙂
I’m glad he escaped! 🙂
Tho as a kid these Daddy Long Legs scared me a lot!
They are perfectly harmless! Gently let them run upon your hand… tickly fun! 🙂
I’ll never forget the time I found a huge cluster of these, hanging out together. They’re cute individually, but they can be heart-stopping when they decide to get together and party!
They party a lot in our yard on the river! They love the humidity and the nearby insects that they catch as prey. The more the merrier! 🙂
Loves it!!!!
Thank you, Carol! 🙂
You are most welcome!
Fun haiku, Tom.
Yes… and arachnophobia be damned! … though these are not actually regular spiders.
Maybe so, but with those extra long legs, I’m sure they would run even faster to jump on me!
They are far more afraid of people than people are of them! They couldn’t harm you if they tried, and they wouldn’t try! 🙂
My eyes play tricks on my brain … first pass I got “street wise” … even better as written: “sweet wise” !
The brain cells do that so easily… don’t they? 🙂
This one made me smile!
Good! And watch carefully where you step… like i do! 🙂
ha ha thanks
Thanks, Michael… and do please watch carefully where you step! 🙂
Daddy Long Legs and your cute little Jumping Spider I can handle, but the big fat juicy spiders that dangle in the middle of a huge web or suddenly appear on a wall or on the floor just terrify me and always have. Heart palpitations and sweaty palms follow after one glimpse of them, even though EVERYONE says “they’re more afraid of you, then you are of them” … I beg to differ with that statement. 🙂
When i walk around a nearby pond to take nature shots, often a lot of banana spiders and huge tiger spiders in webs end up crawling all over me — face included — and i don’t mind. They are harmless! 🙂
Tom – I would have had a meltdown … I may know they are harmless, but I have always been afraid of spiders and centipedes. Today is our second day this week of non-stop rain … they are sure to start surfacing soon.
P.S. – I had to Google banana spiders as I was associating that name with a tarantula. I saw a video on banana or yellow orb spiders and watched it. Years ago, friends of our family moved to Puerto Rico and I visited them there during Easter week of my senior year. They took me to the usual tourist spots, and a beach or two, and one night we went to a nightclub on Condado Beach. At the end of the evening, the husband went to retrieve the car while we stood outside the building to wait for him. When he pulled up Eagle Eyes Linda spotted a tarantula on the top of the car. It must’ve dropped down from a palm tree. Both Alfonsa and I screamed, and he had already opened all the car windows as it was a coolish night so no AC was needed. That spider crawled from the roof right into the car. Alfonsa and I screamed a little more and refused to get into the car until he could produce a carcass or we saw it walk out of the car on its own accord. Neither happened. We took a taxi home and left Werner to drive home alone. He was not afraid in the least. Luckily it was the last night of my stay and I took a taxi to the airport the following day – I was not taking any chances on seeing this brute. I never asked if the spider met his demise inside the car. I know Werner was angry at both of us.
🙂 There are so many wonderful species of tarantulas! My wife, Marla, won’t let me get one as a pet!
Daddy long legs. Haha
That’s what everyone calls them here in Illinois! 🙂
How many spiders Tom! So lucky! Great capture! 🙂
Not enough spiders, as far as i am concerned! 🙂 Thank you, Marcela!
Even though I have arachnophobia, spiders do remain fascinating creatures, especially when I watch them weave their webs…from afar of course! LOL 🙂
🙂 So many people have arachnophobia; it is a learned fear.
I really don’t think it was learned Tom. LOL Too many close encounters that resulted in many nightmares. I’ve been able to shake off many of my insect fears but having a crawl space that houses far too many spiders for my taste, makes it even creepier! 😉 Hats off to you though! LOL
Love this one – made me laugh!