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Hulablush
08-09-06, 04:05 PM
Whenever I come home my front door is covered in big daddy long legs...... I am not a fan of spiders. Mr. Hula keeps telling me the spiders keeps the bugs away which is fine but are they obsessed with my front door because it is white???
Am I asking a silly question???
sonicpainter
08-09-06, 04:18 PM
an albino daddy long legs now theres something you dont see everyday
sassieb
08-09-06, 06:52 PM
Aww i think they are kinda cute, the are so well dim arent they that you can help but feel for them lol
prefer them any day to spiders!
Noise Stopper
08-09-06, 08:43 PM
As an interesting aside, did you know that the daddy longlegs has the most toxic venom known to man? Fortunately it is also so pathetic that it cannot pierce human skin!
Ian :nfh1:
Ns, thats a urban myth, they don't. Read here. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_long-legs_spider) These are spiders
But i must say there does seem to be more of them this year. I got Mr T to catch 9 crane flys in my kitchen earlier. :(
sassieb
08-09-06, 09:22 PM
well silly me,, its crane flys that i thought you were on about lol :blush: They have always been,,as long as i can remeber,, called daddy longlegs lol when in fact the real daddy longlegs are one of the most repulsive looking spiders i have ever seen second only to the black one ive seen that has what looks like a ball on its back which im reliably told is what it carries eggs in (shudders violently) :unsure:
I have one stuck on my front door....
.... when I say stuck I mean stuck....
I re-varnished it yesterday and the silly B*gger got stuck... not moved him or her yet... I keep saying hello when I pop out!
sassieb
09-09-06, 06:09 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toots @ 9th September 2006 - 4:52 PM) 197495</div>
I have one stuck on my front door....
.... when I say stuck I mean stuck....
I re-varnished it yesterday and the silly B*gger got stuck... not moved him or her yet... I keep saying hello when I pop out!
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Ive just had a huge giggle imagining that! brilliant Toots!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sonicpainter @ 8th September 2006 - 3:17 PM) 197300</div>
an albino daddy long legs now theres something you dont see everyday
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:hihi: hmmm :unsure: did you mean the door is white hulablush :unsure:
Which Daddy long legs are you referring to Hulablush?
The Daddy long legs (or crane fly as the are commonly know as) are so horrible that I become hysterical when they get indoors I hate them! The insect I call daddy long legs flies around and comes from the larvae of leather jackets that are found in grass etc; that's why when you walk on the grass in the morning there are sometimes lots of the horrible things that fly up out of the grass. Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhh how I hate them :angry: :cry:
Link to what I call daddy long legs http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th6g.htm
Or the spider with this name? :unsure:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sassieb @ 9th September 2006 - 5:08 PM) 197505</div>
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Ive just had a huge giggle imagining that! brilliant Toots!
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I free him and put him in the garden, I think he's lost a leg though.... :unsure:
StoneHenge
11-09-06, 09:39 AM
You don't want to come where I live then hula. We have hundreds of them in the grass at the moment in the marina. Every time you walk across it, you disturb hundreds of them. I can live with them better than the hoards of spiders that seem to want to move in right now! I evicted 3 last night alone!
I don't mind them at all - but hate when they tickle my face in the dark - they never seem to bother Mr Smoo - maybe I glow in the dark or something? :bigeyes:
:hihi: :hihi: at Toots :D
sassieb
11-09-06, 03:55 PM
Crane flys are really stupid arent they lol I could just imagine lee Evans doing a daddy longlegs,,oops sorry Crane fly impression :hihi:
I keep finding in the garden those horrible big spiders that have like black stripes on them,, ithink they jump but oh my god that are disgusting *shudders*
There was one stuck on the fridge earlier.... seem to be loads about right now!
sassieb
11-09-06, 11:05 PM
You sure it isnt the same one come back to find his leg?
:D
If your front door is white, or a light colour, the crane fly/ daddy long legs or known in yorkshire as Jimmy long legs or Jimmys...will think your door is like a big old shiny moon ;)
like moths, they head towards lights, daft critters they are! :D
we have had loads in this week, keep coming in the bathroom window (white bathroom) just catch them in your hand gently and throw then back out :yes:
funny this has come up as yesturday hubby suddenly said "I wonder what daddy long legs eat?" and we thought about it and have no idea :lol:
any suggestions? :lol:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sassieb @ 11th September 2006 - 10:04 PM) 197983</div>
You sure it isnt the same one come back to find his leg? :D
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Or maybe he was just looking for a snack - after all.....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Beth @ 11th September 2006 - 10:18 PM) 197997</div>
"I wonder what daddy long legs eat?" and we thought about it and have no idea :lol:
any suggestions? :lol:
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Maybe they don't know either and want to raid the fridge to try out different things :bigeyes: Perhaps it's cheese..... :D
sassieb
12-09-06, 08:35 AM
i reckon they eat gnats and stuff like that,, dont know really imagine how tiny their mouths must be :blink:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(miss_mellie @ 12th September 2006 - 6:44 PM) 198189</div>
Daddy Long Legs eat other Daddy Long Legs :bigeyes:
But how?? :bigeyes: 8-X
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Well I suppose it's quicker than a DIVORCE! :rolleyes:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toots @ 12th September 2006 - 6:52 PM) 198193</div>
Well I suppose it's quicker than a DIVORCE! :rolleyes:
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Reminds me of some types of spiders where the female eats the male after mating.... eek!