# Six-legged Spiders? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 30, 2000, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-legged-spiders/20875 "2000-05-30T11:05:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-legged-spiders/20875/21 "2000-05-31T05:19:19Z")
Well, I don’t live anywhere near you but we have a type of spider here (no, I will _not_ look up a picture to post for you because I _hate_ spiders!) that is asymmetrical until it puts two of it’s legs together with other legs (how it is usually seen) and then it looks just like a 6-legged, symmetrical spider. However, it’s body is bigger than the standard daddy long legs (body) that we get around here so I don’t think it is the same kind–unless you have large-bodied daddy long legs out there! But maybe it is the same type of deal. ---
**Author:** ![Wood\_Thrush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b38774/32.png) [@Wood\_Thrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wood_Thrush)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-legged-spiders/20875/22 "2000-06-01T02:54:03Z")
It is **GaWd** which I > [@](#): > > \*\* > Honestly, imagine a water-skipper guy with long legs. I’ve never seen these buggers in webs, so my guess is they’re pretty far away from spiders as a family. > \*\* Many spiders, such as wolf spiders, do not build webs. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Yanega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@Doug\_Yanega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Yanega)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-legged-spiders/20875/23 "2000-06-15T21:39:24Z")
Well, the best bet would indeed be a daddy-longlegs that’s missing two legs, unless there are a large number of them that all look the same. However, the original person has said nothing about antennae. ALL insects have antennae, NO spiders do. If it has six legs and no antennae, and no separate thorax, then it’s a freak of nature, since only juvenile mites and ticks have that combination. I suppose I’ve never seen a newborn daddy-longlegs, however, and I therefore suppose that can’t be ruled out. If it has antennae, then it’s some sort of wingless insect, despite the apparent absence of a thorax, and I’d need more data to ID it (e.g., how many mm long is the body?). You need to take a closer look. ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-legged-spiders/20875/24 "2000-06-15T22:36:01Z")
Based on Gwads description, I looked it up. It is a “common water strider”, which sometimes finds a place to wait until it gets water to be happy on. Lot of these in Bay area. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-legged-spiders/20875/25 "2001-06-14T15:21:57Z")
I’m pretty sure they’re… get ready: camel crickets! Those or brown, to dark brown, climb on walls, six legs, look like spiders. They live in our basement and its mostly my job to kill’em (yay). Anyway, I remember me and my sis used to convince my mom that crickets and spiders had mated, pretty succesfully too. So, I’m guessing they’re camel crickets [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-legged-spiders/20875.md?page=1)