Yes,its a cultural coinage . Daddy long legs as a spider ,goes wwaaayyy back . Probably to when my mom was a child in the 1930s at least
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What is a daddy Long Legs?
People call all sorts of things a Daddy Long Legs, what is it to you?
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~So what's all this then ?!
Posted 06 October 2012 - 10:41 PM
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Posted 07 October 2012 - 03:38 AM
In New Zealand the daddy long leg has always been the spider version... 
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Posted 07 October 2012 - 04:41 AM
This is Daddy Long Legs:
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Posted 07 October 2012 - 10:51 AM
In Australia this is what i know to be a Daddy long legs and there are thousands of them living in people homes.
Go The Bunnies 
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I reckon so.
Posted 07 October 2012 - 08:03 PM
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Posted 08 October 2012 - 08:36 PM
For me it has always been this:
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