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

[Kate Svoboda-Spanbock]

I understand that dragon fly larvae eat mosquito larvae, so, maybe that fact kind of slid along the phylogenetic tree and got attached to the crane fly, which has some similarities to the dragon fly?

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On Apr 14, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I thought a "mosquito hawk" was a dragonfly.
> 
> Or "darning needle," as I like to call 'em.
> 
> JL
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> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 2:00 AM, Paul A Johnston, Jr <
> paul.johnston at wmich.edu> wrote:
> 
>> And in Scotland, too, Wilson
>> 
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>>> Subject: A regional term for the crane fly
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>>> Subject:      A regional term for the crane fly
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>>> "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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