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Diversity. 5 suborders, > 6,650 species. The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs. As of July 2024, over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, [1][2][3] although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000. [4]
The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains more than 1,800 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider, gyrating spider, long daddy, skull spider, and angel spider. The family, first described by Carl ...
Binomial name. Pholcus phalangioides. (Füssli, 1775) Pholcus phalangioides, commonly known as the cosmopolitan cellar spider, long-bodied cellar spider or one of various types called a daddy long-legs spider, is a spider of the family Pholcidae. This is the only spider species described by the Swiss entomologist Johann Kaspar Füssli, who ...
Daddy Long Legs. (musical) Daddy Long Legs is a stage musical with a book by John Caird, and music and lyrics by Paul Gordon. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Jean Webster. Set in turn-of-the-century New England, the musical tells the story of orphan Jerusha Abbott of the John Grier Home and her mysterious benefactor who agrees ...
Yeah, it has daddy longlegs and a creepy-crawly aspect to it, but it also feels ’70s to me — almost like a Led Zeppelin song or someone would have on the side of their van, something groovy ...
They are also known as "daddy longlegs" in English-speaking countries outside the U.S., [7] not to be confused with the U.S. usages of "daddy long legs" that refer to either arachnids of the order Opiliones or the family Pholcidae. The larvae of crane flies are known commonly as leatherjackets. [7] They are also known as Jenny long legs in ...
Jean Webster. Genre. Young adult. Publication date. 1912. Followed by. Dear Enemy. Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, as she leaves an orphanage and is sent to college by a benefactor whom she has never seen.
Daddy Long Legs (1955 film), a musical starring Fred Astaire. Daddy-Long-Legs (2005 film), a Korean romance. Daddy Long Legs (musical), a 2009 musical play by John Caird and Paul Gordon. Daddy Longlegs (2009 film), an American comedy-drama by Ben and Joshua Safdie. "Old Father Longlegs", a nursery rhyme by Mother Goose.