Thursday 10 September 2015

Daddy Long-legs

Spotted this Crane Fly outside a window this morning:

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An aptly named Daddy Long-legs. This must be one of the largest I've seen at a good 60mm across.

10 comments:

  1. Not one of my favourite insects John, but alright if it is on the other side of the window.

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    1. Weaver. I'm with you. I prefer them outside, a 'thing' left over from a childhood experience.

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  2. Contains lethal venom you know. The internets says so. If it had fangs you'd be proper dead.

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    1. Simon: I wondered why I had never eaten one ;)

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  3. They are starting to appear here now - quite a few bumbling around the garage tonight!

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    1. RR: They do bumble around, thundering nuisance when the get indoors.

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  4. here we call the harvester spiders daddy-long-legs. :)

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    1. TWG: So I have heard - they both have extra long legs.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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