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It is the time of the year that LeatherJacks hatch. As I have fields outside my house, these pesky little blighters lay their eggs in the field and hatch into 'Crane Flys' or Daddy long Legs as kids call them.

We have a very strict 'capture and release' policy in this house, so if I'm not on FG evenings, It's due to picking them off the walls all night of the hall, throwing them out the door only to have another lot swarm in like a squadron of Spitfires that whirr menacingly around your ears. Either that or they dance just above the skirting boards.

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oscar;1242717 wrote: It is the time of the year that LeatherJacks hatch. As I have fields outside my house, these pesky little blighters lay their eggs in the field and hatch into 'Crane Flys' or Daddy long Legs as kids call them.

We have a very strict 'capture and release' policy in this house, so if I'm not on FG evenings, It's due to picking them off the walls all night of the hall, throwing them out the door only to have another lot swarm in like a squadron of Spitfires that whirr menacingly around your ears. Either that or they dance just above the skirting boards.


that many come indoors?

how do they get in?

we have daddy long legs here.......but not that many!:-5:-5



just one or two around.

Odie;1242721 wrote: that many come indoors?

how do they get in?

we have daddy long legs here.......but not that many!:-5:-5



just one or two around. Because of the fields, there are hundreds every night. The weather is still quite humid so they get through open windows and we have the door open all night so the dogs can go in and out. If I shut the door, they swarm round the outside light and then the minute I open the door, they all come swarming in.

Sorry Immy.... I've tried removing the offending crane fly and don't know how to do it. :mad:

oscar;1242909 wrote: Sorry Immy.... I've tried removing the offending crane fly and don't know how to do it. :mad:


That's ok, I'll survive until this thread moves down the list! :rolleyes:

Imladris;1242910 wrote: That's ok, I'll survive until this thread moves down the list! :rolleyes:
If no-one posts on it.. it will drop out.

I have a phobia of flying stag beetles as well since they flew into my face as a small child. To this day, I go cold and freeze at the sight of one.

oscar;1242726 wrote: Because of the fields, there are hundreds every night. The weather is still quite humid so they get through open windows and we have the door open all night so the dogs can go in and out. If I shut the door, they swarm round the outside light and then the minute I open the door, they all come swarming in.


don't you have screens on your windows and doors?

Odie;1242951 wrote: don't you have screens on your windows and doors?
No because the dogs are in and out the door all the time. I have no fear of spiders, moths or anything that comes in. It's just annoying having to chase them round the skirting boards to put them back outside. :wah:

Daddy long legs are fine by me, it's the damn spiders that freak me out. It's not got quite cold enough yet for them to all start heading in.

Betty Boop;1242969 wrote: Daddy long legs are fine by me, it's the damn spiders that freak me out. It's not got quite cold enough yet for them to all start heading in.
No... I'm not in the slightest affected by spiders. I just pick them up in my hands and lobb them out the door. Mr O however is a big baby over them. Not a night goes by without him saying 'Look there's another one'. I always say 'It's not hurting you' but he says 'It's looking at me'.

oscar;1242965 wrote: No because the dogs are in and out the door all the time. I have no fear of spiders, moths or anything that comes in. It's just annoying having to chase them round the skirting boards to put them back outside. :wah:









:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

oscar;1242717 wrote: We have a very strict 'capture and release' policy in this house


How do you know you dont damage their fragile spider legs when you throw them out the door?

Nomad;1243262 wrote: How do you know you dont damage their fragile spider legs when you throw them out the door? because they can fly :yh_youkid:yh_youkid:yh_youkid:yh_youkid

oscar;1243269 wrote: because they can fly :yh_youkid:yh_youkid:yh_youkid:yh_youkid


With no question of doubt in my mind I strongly suggest you retract your statement as based on strictly your own personal failure to correctly identify the daddy long legs physical abilities.

Nomad;1243274 wrote: With no question of doubt in my mind I strongly suggest you retract your statement as based on strictly your own personal failure to correctly identify the daddy long legs physical abilities.
Actually Fomad, you are partly correct. They can only half fly. Just above skirting boards it seems. They also have velcro on their knees.

oscar;1243278 wrote: Actually Fomad, you are partly correct. They can only half fly. Just above skirting boards it seems. They also have velcro on their knees.


Fomad?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Betty Boop;1242969 wrote: Daddy long legs are fine by me, it's the damn spiders that freak me out. It's not got quite cold enough yet for them to all start heading in.


You're lucky - they're all on their way into my house at the mo! :-3