What's the proper name for a daddy longlegs?

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29 Aug 05

Moldy Crow

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by CenterNut
There called Opiliones

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Opiliones/Opiliones.htm
http://www.arachnology.be/pages/Daddylonglegs.html

You beat me to it , but here's where I found it . http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by mosquitorespect
The wikipedia entry on crane flies suggest exactly the opposite, saying they do not bite humans, and indeed live only on nectar. Who do we believe?

Edit: Ah. Nordlys beat me to it.

Simple..get a crane fly. Get it on you arm. Cover it with a see through plactic cup with small air holes and wait and see what happens. If it bites you, you will know.

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by shavixmir
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/shavixmir/daddylonglegs.jpg

This is a photo of the beast which is attacking me. It was stupid though and flew into the lamp and stunned itself...heheh

It looks like a clump of nose hair to me .

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by CenterNut
There called Opiliones

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Opiliones/Opiliones.htm
http://www.arachnology.be/pages/Daddylonglegs.html

Opi lions???

Sounds like a drugs enduced safari to me.

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by mosquitorespect
Crane flies do. And they are what we in England call daddy longlegs.

Just look out for the mommy long legs, they're worse.

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by Moldy Crow
It looks like a clump of nose hair to me .

Use yer bloody imagination then....

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by ark13
But they definetely don't fly!

You're thinking of penguins.

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by Bowmann
You're thinking of penguins.

Penguins do fly. Look at my website.

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by Bowmann
You're thinking of penguins.

Everything in Holland flies. Penguins, daddy long-legs, shavixmir, you name it.

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by Nordlys
Everything in Holland flies. Penguins, daddy long-legs, shavixmir, you name it.

YOU SAW THE BLOODY PHOTO!!!

It's an urban legend that penguins can't fly. Have you ever seen one attempt to fly and fail? No. So there!

And these daddy opi-lions do fly.

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by shavixmir
Use yer bloody imagination then....

Use a proper bloody lens .

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29 Aug 05

their un-proper name is a jinny spinner a big long gangly flying beast...sorry am just in from work and have no games left to play..

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by fiesta
their un-proper name is a jinny spinner a big long gangly flying beast...sorry am just in from work and have no games left to play..

You call penguins Jinny Spinner's?

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by shavixmir
You call penguins Jinny Spinner's?

Are penguins poisonous ?

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29 Aug 05

Originally posted by Moldy Crow
Are penguins poisonous ?

I presume some of them are. Not Dutch penguins though.