Daddy Long Legs: Myths, Truths & Surprising Facts

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Craig Caudill and Blake Newton discuss the misconceptions about harvestmen, commonly known as 'granddaddy long legs.'

The best way to get the outline and other important info for this podcast is to check out our Podcast Blog on our website for this episode. You can find it here Craig Caudill and Blake Newton, an entomologist at the University of Kentucky, discuss the misconceptions about harvestmen, commonly known as "granddaddy long legs." Harvestmen are not spiders and lack venom, despite being mistakenly called the most venomous spider. They have about 20 species in Kentucky and 15,000 globally. New...

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Host: Craig Caudill

Guest: Blake Newton

Topics covered

• entomology
• myths
• harvestmen
• nature
• spiders
• Kentucky

Keywords

• harvestmen
• granddaddy long legs
• misconceptions
• venom
• entomologist
• species

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Organizations: University of Kentucky

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