2006-09-12 09:49:39 · 26 answers · asked by Donna G 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
food for birds
2006-09-12 09:50:32 · answer #1 · answered by John 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know the daddy long legs is a spider, but in Scotland UK we call the Crane Fly a daddy longlegs (which I have always called them spiders with wings) its was only the other day the I found out that the daddy long legs was actually a spider.
Anyway no matter what I hate both!! before going to bed at night we have a house check for them so I can go to bed and sleep....lol
2006-09-12 10:38:39 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Blue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daddy long-legs spider
Pholcus phalangioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Pholcoidea
Family: Pholcidae
C. L. Koch, 1851
Diversity
80 genera, 959 species
Genera
Spermaphora
many others
The Daddy long-legs spider, also called the Daddy long-legger, Granddaddy long-legs spider, cellar spider, vibrating spider, or house spider, is a true spider and not a harvestman. "Daddy longlegs" is a name that is used for several unrelated arthropods with extremely long and thin legs, including these spiders, the harvestmen and tipulid crane flies. The Daddy long-legs spiders comprise the Pholcidae family, in the suborder Araneomorphae
They eat spiders and other insects!
2006-09-12 09:57:00 · answer #3 · answered by David P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daddy Longlegs cannot "buzz around your head". They don't have wings, they are not a species of fly, they are a species of spider, specifically they have a tiny pin-head sized body with 2-3" legs.
2006-09-12 15:58:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kinda daddy longlegs do you have around your house?? Mine don't fly. Or do you just walk around with your head on the ground while they circle you?
2006-09-12 09:52:38 · answer #5 · answered by Amy F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get the lounge to themselves! I have a huge daddy longlegs floating around my lounge and nobody wants to go near it!
2006-09-13 03:59:53 · answer #6 · answered by Dancing Queen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daddy long legs are spiders. Mosquito's buzz. Spiders build webs that catches mosquito's and other pets.. Mosquito's carry
diseases like West Nile Virus. Does this help?
2006-09-12 11:17:41 · answer #7 · answered by Precious Gem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your probably thinking of Crane flies. Daddy Longlegs don't exist in britain.
2006-09-12 09:54:36 · answer #8 · answered by benbun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daddy Longlegs are arachnids, and incapable of flight....I'm guessing you're actually talking about Mayflies...big, skinny mosquito-like insects? They're pretty annoying, true....but lizards and birds (and even fish) eat them. My cat likes to knock them down and step on them, so I suppose they're entertaining........
2006-09-12 09:52:59 · answer #9 · answered by justme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got one buzzing around me at the moment. I hate those things, I'm now in the process of trying to get my cat to eat it, but she's not bothered. Why do cats eat things sometimes then not bother the next time they see them. My cat loves sitting on the window in the summertime catching bluebottles, you should hear her crunching them, disgusting.
2006-09-12 10:38:21 · answer #10 · answered by firenze 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To annoy you, so that you can obtain a feeling of relief when they are not there. Otherwise, it is a bit like teaching teachers to teach. It is a circular thing. They breed, so that they can keep breeding more of themselves. It is like they are their own purpose.
2006-09-12 10:03:38 · answer #11 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋