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Jane Louise

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  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms :D
  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos

Please could anyone tell me when the Dll will die off. There are thousands in the field next to me and I'm petrified off them. It's been 3 weeks now they've been hanging around! Do I really have to wait until the first frost before they are killed off!Posted Image

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  • Location: Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham. 300 M ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Extremes, the very hot and the very cold.
  • Location: Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham. 300 M ASL

Yes, there are hundreds this year and get everywhere. A few years ago our lawn was pretty much destroyed by leather jackets (dll grubs).

A real nuisance. A good storm will help.

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  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms :D
  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos

When will we ever get a good storm Lol I'm not far from you. I live on farm land and there are thousands here. Last year wasn't too bad.I spoke to a farmer who said that this has been the worst case for several years.

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire

I have a problem with most flying insects (borderline phobia), DLLs are one of the worst for me. Hate this time of year because there are tons of them, light on and window open of an evening is a no-go for me at the moment Posted Image

 

Come mid-October most of them have usually buggered off.

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  • Location: Lower Brynamman, nr Ammanford, 160-170m a.s.l.
  • Location: Lower Brynamman, nr Ammanford, 160-170m a.s.l.

The life cycle of the daddy long legs

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-life-cycle-of-a-crane-fly/7189.html

 

Warning, video also contains a spider.

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  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, storms and other extremes
  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Don't mind daddy long legs at all. Sometimes I see them out of the corner of my eye on the wall and I'm usually just relieved it isn't a spider. Daddy long legs, moths etc etc really don't bother me. Just think, it could be worse....could be one of these...

 

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/kegs202/sl2004.jpg

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  • Location: Lower Brynamman, nr Ammanford, 160-170m a.s.l.
  • Location: Lower Brynamman, nr Ammanford, 160-170m a.s.l.

Don't mind daddy long legs at all. Sometimes I see them out of the corner of my eye on the wall and I'm usually just relieved it isn't a spider. Daddy long legs, moths etc etc really don't bother me. Just think, it could be worse....could be one of these...

 

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/kegs202/sl2004.jpg

Aww. What a cutie.

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  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms :D
  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos

The life cycle of the daddy long legs

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-life-cycle-of-a-crane-fly/7189.html

 

Warning, video also contains a spider.

Oooh I can't look lol

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire

Weirdly I have no problem at all with spiders (except the giant ones you sometimes see scuttling across the floor), had one living in the corner of my ceiling for the past few days, he's more than welcome to stay and eat the flying bugs!

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  • Location: Leeds
  • Weather Preferences: snow, heat, thunderstorms
  • Location: Leeds

Seems like they have disappeared for the time being here - we had loads earlier in the month and in August. They are most prevalent during damp weather as they scurry inside.

 

Daddy Longlegs don't bother me - I used to hate them as I thought they were like flying spiders, but having had an influx of large house spiders recently, I know which one I'd rather contend with. Daddy Longlegs are spared by me - if I get annoyed with them, I'll usually just direct them outside or get them in a glass and release them.

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)

Not so many this year even though I have a lot of windows open in the current warm spell.  I just wish the stragglers that do come in would sit quietly and watch the news without bashing into the TV constantly.

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  • Location: Darton, Barnsley south yorkshire, 102 M ASL
  • Location: Darton, Barnsley south yorkshire, 102 M ASL

Me n my junior scool buddy were terrible eivl little blighters at school. If we caught one in class the trick was.... If you gently removed all the legs then released them, they were incapable of landing thus causing havoc to the girls for the duration of the lesson.

I don't do things like that now, ive grown up a touch since then.... I think!

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  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms :D
  • Location: Cheltenham,Glos

Me n my junior scool buddy were terrible eivl little blighters at school. If we caught one in class the trick was.... If you gently removed all the legs then released them, they were incapable of landing thus causing havoc to the girls for the duration of the lesson.I don't do things like that now, ive grown up a touch since then.... I think!

When I was young my brother used to pull off the legs and wings and put them in my bed and throw handfuls of them at me. That is why I'm petrified of the horrible little things. Yesterday the farmer cut the grass in the field , so there aren't so many but there are still enough to scare me lol.

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  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire
  • Weather Preferences: Cool not cold, warm not hot. No strong Wind.
  • Location: N.Bedfordshire, E.Northamptonshire

Came down this morning to find two non swimming ones had taken a dip in the washing up bowl overnight...

 

 

...no survivors.

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  • Location: South Gloucestershire BS35
  • Weather Preferences: Severe weather enthusiast
  • Location: South Gloucestershire BS35

Only just started noticing them the past couple of days. Usually it will now mean about a 2-3 week burst of the critters absolutely everywhere. I dread to think how many I'm stepping on whilst walking across the field with my dog. There are so many it is like a moving carpet. 

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)

Ewwww they're everywhere now!

 

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  • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
  • Weather Preferences: warm and sunny, thunderstorms, frost, fog, snow, windstorms
  • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl

Haven't seen that many at all this year! Although I'm sure now I've said that there will be! No problem for me though, it's just annoying when they fly in your face! Haha

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  • Location: Peasedown St John.N.E.Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Fair to Foul...
  • Location: Peasedown St John.N.E.Somerset

Around 300 specie of Tipula in Great Britain......Posted Image Posted Image

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Plenty round here.

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