A group of visiting American scientists currently in St Vincent (SVG) to study different groups of animals has found three new species of Daddy Longlegs.
The visiting scientists say there were only three species of endemic in St Vincent; however, they have found more.
“There were three species of endemic only to SVG, and we found three other new species of daddy long legs that will need to get names. So basically, we double the number of species of daddy longlegs on the island, and three of them will be new to science,” the visiting team told local media.
Daddy longlegs are arachnids, but they are not spiders, the team said.
“People often get mixed up. Arachnids are a large group of arthropods, animals with four pairs of legs. And the most famous arachnids are spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites. And there are other arachnids, and one of them is the daddy longlegs.”
The team said the animals are very common at night, and they have managed to see hundreds of them. They don’t have venom, the team noted.
