In Britain a Daddy Longlegs is a Crane Fly, and not an arachnid. It’s got a small body and long spindly legs, which Wikipedia describe as ‘deciduous’ as they have a habit of falling off. Every autumn they fly into our house and, being flies, flop around ineffectually trying to find their way out again. Billy and Bella go mad chasing after them. Oh, and that story about Daddy Longlegs having the strongest venom known to man but no fangs is not true – if it was my cats would have overdosed on them long ago.

I don’t often use fonts in my cartoon, but I made an exception in this case, as I wanted to create The Daddy Longlegs of The Apocalypse, so you can imagine the speech ‘I may not be a spider but I am in league with the spiders…’ being delivered in a Russell Crowey Liam Neesony sort of voice.

As for the idea of spiders and insects being in league? A tip of the hat to Bill Bailey for that.