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

[Joel Berson]

And in Wikipedia. Although I expect that what I imagine as a daddy long-legs looks more like Opiliones, an order of arachnids also commonly known as harvestmen.  Or Fred Astainre.

Joel


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And in Scotland, too, Wilson

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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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