What the Dickens is going on with all the Daddy Long Legs around at the moment?
Also, what is the point of these riddiculous creatures?
I've heard the myth that they have the most poisonous venom in the world, but have no means of administering it. Apparently, this is not true.
Answers:
There seems to be a confusion about just what a daddy long legs is. To some (Brits, I think) it is a flying creature with long legs, like some kind of gad-fly. To me (born in the USA) it is a spider which usually hangs upside down from the roof but doesn't make a web. This type reportedly has a very potent venom but cannot administer it to humans because it's mouth is too small so the fangs can't penetrate the skin.
It gives something for my rat 2 eat
I just asked this too!!!
No the myth is not true or it wouldn't be a myth would it.
At a guess this is the time of year that they fly around a make out. It's the same every year.
its sept & oct the time of yesr for 'legs' as i call them.
nasty things they make a horrible noise when they buzz up against ya wall & tings SPRAY WITH FLY SPRAY it kills em!
i know!!
i hate those things
they scare me to bits
i have never had the vacuum cleaner out so much as i have recently.. kidding - i catch them in a cloth and throw them outside.
It's daddy long legs season. They're pretty harmless, but quite annoying. To avoid them in your house, close the windows or turn off the lights. They are attracted to light like most other insects.
It's that time of year, that's all. We live backing on to some woodland and we're inundated with them - I enourage my cat to eat them - very effective pest control. And yes, they are the most pointless and stupid creature on the face of the earth, also the most annoying.
And see the answers to a previous question about their venom.
If they were my dog would be dead because she eats every one that dares enter our house.
I know they are everywhere. My cat finds them quite tasty though! She is having great fun chasing them around the house. They are really annoying when they get inside a paper lightshare and buzz about in there.. does your head in!
I have no idea what the point is with these ceatures, but have you noticed how big the spiders are now, the ones round here are massive!!!!!
They seem worse this year, there needs to be a government cull, in the meantime why not make sport of killing them using newspapers or, for the really adventurous, vacuum cleaner hoses.
They're easy to get as they just kind of stumble through the air, trying to land on your face.
I don't know but this year there are loads, my dog loves to chase them.
yep there are hundreds more this year as was predicted just as there are far more predatory beasties like spiders to keep control. Webs everywhere are full of daddylongleg carcasses! That's why the spiders are so fat this year. Yes I wish I knew too whether daddy long legs are poisonous or not!
the only purpose of daddy long legs is to turn women into hysterical maniacs when ever they see one. i have taken to sleeping with a can of fly-killer-spray by my bed just incase one comes into my room in the night *shivers*
A multitude of these "ridiculous" creatures appeared after the deluge of last week so can only assume it is something to do with that. No doubt I will be corrected.
The point of these disgusting creatures is to cause me lack of sleep after spotting one in the bedroom!
They hatch in autumn. Probably a good thing for all the other hungry critters out there that eat 'em!
And I used to think that the venom thing was true, I think it may actually refer to the rather sweet and dippy daddy-long-legs SPIDER.
I think they just go to prove that the Creator has a sense of humour.
;)
If you want to catch them to put them out the window harmlessly, never grab their legs, wait until they've settled and delicately pinch a wing - they can drop legs like confetti (as small boys at school often demonstrate - grrr.) but they can't drop their wings, so they get out unharmed.
:)
Ive been releasing them round the country to bring a little joy into everyones life, we breed them on a special farm in Norfolk, and then every year we get paper boys round the country to ram a handfull of the little buggers through everyones letterbox.
PS to deter people pulling the legs off, we have made one in every hundred venomous
Todays Daily Mail gives the answer to this. Evidently the rains came at the correct time for them by softening the earth so that they could work free from the underground burrows
Apparently (according to the Times 18th Sep) there are more around this year than other years. Something to do with a lengthy and wet summer, compared to other years.
Have to admit I skipped reading that article whilst I was having my breakfast yesterday because daddy long legs give me the major heebie-jeebies!
im not sure they are horrible and the most annoying thing ever.
They are rather ungainly creatures. I'm sorry to say that they put me in mind of Peter Crouch.
The recent rains that we've had after a hot summer have softened the ground sufficiently for them to emerge. They spend 10 months of their life-cycle as larva (leatherjackets) eating grass roots, a month or so as a cocoon and then they emerge as adults around mid-September. The adult crane fly only lives for 24 hours but it's sufficient time for them to mate and the female to bury her eggs in the ground where they hatch after 4-5 days and the whole process starts again.
Without the rain to soften the ground less flies would have been able to emerge.
Hope that helps.
I havent got a clue, my house is full of them.. mind you, keeping my dog amused, because he jumps around after them and then eats them !!
I'm so happy you asked this questions there bloody everywhere. They are the most anouying things on the planet. so when u get the best answer let me know.
Thank goodness. I thought it ws just because my garden is so awful at the moment. The problem with them is that I now have close to 60 black smudges on my walls. Going to have to get the paint out soon!
i think its because we had a wet august which is perfect for baby crane flies' development, they are vegetarian they eat grass roots and are completely harmless.
They've just had a good year, thats all!
There point, believe it or not is exactly the same as ours. To pro-create and contiue the species.
Not heard the poisonous theory before though.
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I've heard the myth that they have the most poisonous venom in the world, but have no means of administering it. Apparently, this is not true.
Answers:
There seems to be a confusion about just what a daddy long legs is. To some (Brits, I think) it is a flying creature with long legs, like some kind of gad-fly. To me (born in the USA) it is a spider which usually hangs upside down from the roof but doesn't make a web. This type reportedly has a very potent venom but cannot administer it to humans because it's mouth is too small so the fangs can't penetrate the skin.
It gives something for my rat 2 eat
I just asked this too!!!
No the myth is not true or it wouldn't be a myth would it.
At a guess this is the time of year that they fly around a make out. It's the same every year.
its sept & oct the time of yesr for 'legs' as i call them.
nasty things they make a horrible noise when they buzz up against ya wall & tings SPRAY WITH FLY SPRAY it kills em!
i know!!
i hate those things
they scare me to bits
i have never had the vacuum cleaner out so much as i have recently.. kidding - i catch them in a cloth and throw them outside.
It's daddy long legs season. They're pretty harmless, but quite annoying. To avoid them in your house, close the windows or turn off the lights. They are attracted to light like most other insects.
It's that time of year, that's all. We live backing on to some woodland and we're inundated with them - I enourage my cat to eat them - very effective pest control. And yes, they are the most pointless and stupid creature on the face of the earth, also the most annoying.
And see the answers to a previous question about their venom.
If they were my dog would be dead because she eats every one that dares enter our house.
I know they are everywhere. My cat finds them quite tasty though! She is having great fun chasing them around the house. They are really annoying when they get inside a paper lightshare and buzz about in there.. does your head in!
I have no idea what the point is with these ceatures, but have you noticed how big the spiders are now, the ones round here are massive!!!!!
They seem worse this year, there needs to be a government cull, in the meantime why not make sport of killing them using newspapers or, for the really adventurous, vacuum cleaner hoses.
They're easy to get as they just kind of stumble through the air, trying to land on your face.
I don't know but this year there are loads, my dog loves to chase them.
yep there are hundreds more this year as was predicted just as there are far more predatory beasties like spiders to keep control. Webs everywhere are full of daddylongleg carcasses! That's why the spiders are so fat this year. Yes I wish I knew too whether daddy long legs are poisonous or not!
the only purpose of daddy long legs is to turn women into hysterical maniacs when ever they see one. i have taken to sleeping with a can of fly-killer-spray by my bed just incase one comes into my room in the night *shivers*
A multitude of these "ridiculous" creatures appeared after the deluge of last week so can only assume it is something to do with that. No doubt I will be corrected.
The point of these disgusting creatures is to cause me lack of sleep after spotting one in the bedroom!
They hatch in autumn. Probably a good thing for all the other hungry critters out there that eat 'em!
And I used to think that the venom thing was true, I think it may actually refer to the rather sweet and dippy daddy-long-legs SPIDER.
I think they just go to prove that the Creator has a sense of humour.
;)
If you want to catch them to put them out the window harmlessly, never grab their legs, wait until they've settled and delicately pinch a wing - they can drop legs like confetti (as small boys at school often demonstrate - grrr.) but they can't drop their wings, so they get out unharmed.
:)
Ive been releasing them round the country to bring a little joy into everyones life, we breed them on a special farm in Norfolk, and then every year we get paper boys round the country to ram a handfull of the little buggers through everyones letterbox.
PS to deter people pulling the legs off, we have made one in every hundred venomous
Todays Daily Mail gives the answer to this. Evidently the rains came at the correct time for them by softening the earth so that they could work free from the underground burrows
Apparently (according to the Times 18th Sep) there are more around this year than other years. Something to do with a lengthy and wet summer, compared to other years.
Have to admit I skipped reading that article whilst I was having my breakfast yesterday because daddy long legs give me the major heebie-jeebies!
im not sure they are horrible and the most annoying thing ever.
They are rather ungainly creatures. I'm sorry to say that they put me in mind of Peter Crouch.
The recent rains that we've had after a hot summer have softened the ground sufficiently for them to emerge. They spend 10 months of their life-cycle as larva (leatherjackets) eating grass roots, a month or so as a cocoon and then they emerge as adults around mid-September. The adult crane fly only lives for 24 hours but it's sufficient time for them to mate and the female to bury her eggs in the ground where they hatch after 4-5 days and the whole process starts again.
Without the rain to soften the ground less flies would have been able to emerge.
Hope that helps.
I havent got a clue, my house is full of them.. mind you, keeping my dog amused, because he jumps around after them and then eats them !!
I'm so happy you asked this questions there bloody everywhere. They are the most anouying things on the planet. so when u get the best answer let me know.
Thank goodness. I thought it ws just because my garden is so awful at the moment. The problem with them is that I now have close to 60 black smudges on my walls. Going to have to get the paint out soon!
i think its because we had a wet august which is perfect for baby crane flies' development, they are vegetarian they eat grass roots and are completely harmless.
They've just had a good year, thats all!
There point, believe it or not is exactly the same as ours. To pro-create and contiue the species.
Not heard the poisonous theory before though.
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