Two major families of snakes account for most venomous snakes dangerous to humans. 1. The elapid family includes: 1  the cobras (Naja and other genera) of Asia and Africa; 2  the mambas (Dendroaspis) of Africa; the kraits (Bungarus) of Asia; 3  the coral snakes (Micrurus) of the Americas; and the Australian elapids, which include the coastal taipan ...
In the Southern United States as well as some parts of Canada and the United Kingdom, the crane fly is also sometimes called a daddy longlegs, according to The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. This distinctive bug, with six long legs and two large wings, is not a spider, nor an arachnid, but is an insect.n the Southern United States as well as some parts of Canada and the United Kingdom, the crane fly is also sometimes called a daddy longlegs, according to The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. This distinctive bug, with six long legs and two large wings, is not a spider, nor an arachnid, but is an insect.
Like all insects, caterpillars have six legs emerging from their thorax. The problem is they also have stumpy prolegs that emerge from their abdomen. Technically these are not true legs, even though they have the same function. Here's a picture of a butterfly caterpillar. You can see on the right, by its head, three pairs of black, pointy legs that it's using to grab the bud it's eating. On its abdomen, holding onto the stem, are the stumpy prolegs: four pairs in the middle and one pair by the rear end.