On "Daddy Long-Legs" and poison/venom

[mavjop]

There's a rumour I heard a couple of years ago about Daddy Long-Legs spiders (see below re the name having different meanings in different places) having the strongest poison (or probably more correctly venom) of any spider, but that they don't have strong enough jaws (or long enough fangs, or ...) to bite humans.

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[azhdragon]

That's what we in Oz call a daddy long legs - generally any small-bodied, long spindly-legged spider. They are very common in houses, and generally the body is less than a 1cent/penny size, with the legs spreading out up to 2.5 inches.