Daddy LongLegs ( Crane fly)

[Jane Louise]

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!

Edited September 24, 2013 by Jane Louise

[Cleeve Hill]

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.

[Jane Louise]

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.

[Nick L]

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

 

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

Edited September 24, 2013 by Nick L

[Cakie]

I have a phobia also. I hate them and freeze when I see them. This year is supposed to be the worst in recent years for the little devils

[Crepuscular Ray]

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.

[CreweCold]

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

[Crepuscular Ray]

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.

[Jane Louise]

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

[Nick L]

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!

[cheese]

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.

Edited September 24, 2013 by cheese

[Coast]

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.

[Richie V]

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!

[Jane Louise]

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.

[Jax]

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

 

 

...no survivors.

[Richie V]

They are just useless tubes of meat.

[DAVID SNOW]

They are just useless tubes of meat.

 

 

If only the Daddy Long Legs could talk...................................

[jtay]

They are just useless tubes of meat.

You could say that about a lot of us.

[Chris K]

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. 

[Coast]

Ewwww they're everywhere now!

 

 

 

[James M]

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

[ARTDEMOLE]

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

[jtay]

Just lets the hens out. They're now chasing them around the garden, taking them out one by one.

[BARRY]

hardly seen one must be a year for them

[Polar Maritime]

Plenty round here.