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[–] [email protected] 41 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

To add to what nougat said, because that’s very much the appropriate answer…

All spiders are in fact venomous- it’s part of how they feed. Many species, the venom is not harmful to humans, or only very weakly so. (Wolf spiders qualify as “very weakly so”)

That said, you try keeping a reasonable head when you suddenly come eyeball-to-eyeball with a wolf spiders qualify and her kids.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

All spiders are in fact venomous

Are there any exceptions to this? And what about non spiders like daddy long legs?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

So, true spiders digest their food externally by injecting the venom. They then slurp it up. So the answer to that is "Yes". Some true spiders may also eat the more solid bits, but that's in addition to. but again, many- most- spiders are essentially harmless to humans.

harvestmen (daddy long legs) are not venomous and lack the mouth-parts necessary for injection, but they're not true spiders.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

harvestmen (daddy long legs) are venomous and lack the mouth-parts necessary for injection, but they're not true spiders.

Harvestmen do not possess venom glands.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Dammit I need to be more careful when posting on mobile. Meant to say not, lol. Thanks for the correction