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What are the eating habits of daddy long legs?

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It depends on what sort of creature we are discussing. Several arachnids have this as a name. Where I'm from, its the common name given to the order Opilione, or Harvestmen. Though they are extremely common, few realize just how different they are from nearly any other arachnid. read more

Second, all other arachnids are predatory, but daddy long legs are omnivorous. This means they will willingly consume anything from small insects to fungus to fecal material to scavenging carcasses. When they do hunt, they appear to prefer to ambush prey, though pursuing prey isn't unheard of. read more

Daddy longlegs — which can be found in forests, in leaf litter, on tree trunks and, of course, in your garage in eastern North America — are a group of harvestmen with elongated legs. And like all harvestmen, their second pair of legs, which is used in sensory exploration instead of walking, is particularly long. read more

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