[Ads-l] A regional term for the crane fly

[Kate Svoboda-Spanbock]

In Southern California, we have always called them ‘mosquito hawks’, on the theory (probably false) that they eat mosquitoes. 

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On Apr 13, 2016, at 9:54 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> "The crane fly, a winged insect which looks like a large [gigantic, IMO -
> W] mosquito, is called a daddy longlegs in some parts of the world (such as
> England) ..."
> 
> http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/longlegs.asp for the crane fly
> 
> It's also called a "daddy long-legs" in East Texas.
> 
> Well, by the colored, anyway.
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> -Wilson
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