Daddy Longlegs Revisited (Family Phalangiidae) – Field Station

Daddy Longlegs or Harvestman are predators, eating insect eggs, small insects like aphids and springtails and critters as large as snails, earthworms, and other DLLs. A few species scavenge dead or decaying matter. Lacking the venomous fangs of true spiders, the Harvestman hunts for soft-bodied prey which it squeezes with its pincers and then stuffs into its mouth.

Harvestman or Daddy Longleg, Opiliones from Ecuador

Phalangiid Harvestmen (Family Phalangiidae) · iNaturalist

Review of the Classification of the Orders of Arachnida

Pholcus phalangioides (Daddy-long-legs spider) - Canberra & Southern Tablelands

FAMILY PHOLCIDAE - Daddy long-leg Spiders

Daddy longlegs spider, Pholcus phalangioides

Daddy long legs phalangiidae hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Daddy long legs phalangiidae hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Fungus and fruit consumption by harvestmen and spiders (Opiliones, Araneae): the vegetarian side of two predominantly predaceous arachnid groups

Daddy longlegs spider, Pholcus phalangioides