There are a few spiders and insects that go by that name, but the daddy long legs in the show was what was shown on MythBusters.
We used to pick them up all the time just to get them out of whatever we were digging around in as kids, never worrying... and I hate all other spiders, snakes, vermin (human and rodent). From the sound of the MythBusters results, my Labrador's saliva is ten times more potent in producing reaction.
Glad you agree about the show, though. hehe
Below from wikipedia.
In 2004, the Discovery Channel show MythBusters set out to test the daddy long-legs myth (Season 1, Episode 13 "Buried in Concrete"). After measuring the spider's fangs at approximately 0.25 mm (average human skin thickness varies from about 0.5mm to 4mm), the show's host was apparently bitten, although the bite produced little more than a mild short-lived burning sensation. This appears to confirm the suspicion that pholcids can penetrate human skin, but that their venom is practically harmless to humans. Additionally, recent research by Alan Van Dyke has shown that pholcid venom is actually relatively weak in its effects on insects as well.[6].
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