![]() ![]() In part this is because they like to ride in our launch boat and if you hit high speeds in that launch boat they tend to "launch" themselves at you when they lose their footing (which our fearless coaches can attest to!). At our rowing boat house we call them launch spiders too. Have you ever been near the water's edge and seen very large spiders that are hanging out in or on the water? If you're in the Eastern United States near fresh water or brackish water, then you've most likely met the common fishing spider also called dock spiders or wharf spiders. Tags: raindrop shape, shape of falling rain, shape of raindrops on Jby Infinite Spider.įishing Spiders 101 Six spotted fishing spider (Photo: Patrick Randall, Flicker Photo Sharing) "Eek.They're Big Enough to Saddle Up and Ride!" Raindrops form high up in the clouds, under pressure from air, changing temperatures, cooling, and gravity. Teardrops and faucet drips often fall from a short distance and they sometimes drizzle down a surface. The way teardrops and faucet drips form is very different from how raindrops form, though some of the molecular principles are the same. A very wrong, but frequently used, drawing of the shape of a raindrop (Image: Wiki Commons). However, those drawings are perpetuating a very common misconception, that raindrops are shaped like a teardrop. How many times have you seen a drawing of a raindrop as something that looks like a drip from a faucet? It's a common symbol that can be found everywhere, from children's books to lawn and garden logos. The Mystery of the Shape of Raindrops Raindrops on a window (Photo: Pixaby) Tags: Daddy long legs daddy long leg spiders harvestmen on Augby Infinite Spider. Posted in Insects, Invertebrates, Spiders. Daddy long-legs are found on every continent except Antarctica, and it's thought that there are nearly 6,500 species, 46 families, and 4 suborders world wide! That's a lot of species for a group that is commonly misidentified. Sometimes they are called granddaddy long-legs, harvest spiders, or harvestmen. Their family tree gets moved around a lot, because no one is quite sure where they belong, but most think they're more closely related to mites or scorpions (sans sting or venom). Even though superficially they look like spiders, and move like spiders, they aren't. Daddy long legs in the UK (Photo: Wiki Commons)ĭaddy long legs are arthropods (which means "joint foot"), but they are not spiders. Since then I've come to quite like daddy long legs and the members of their family, mostly because I think they get a pretty bad rap. Invariably though, the poor "spider" would lose a leg or two, fall quite short, and we'd race off to safety. Of course we all just knew they were man-eating spiders and we'd be bitten. Daddy Long-Legs Facts and Fiction Daddy long legs or harvestman (Photo: Wiki Commons) An Introduction to Daddy Long LegsĪs a kid I remember shrieking and being chased around the playground as little boys ran after the girls and tossed daddy long-legs us. ![]()
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