[Misc] Daddy Long Legs

[Worried Man Blues]

aka Woo Woo but maybe just in our house!

 

[Robinjakarta]

Sign him up. Taller goalkeeper at last.

 

[Alba Badger]

There is always hundreds round our way this time of year. Almost impossible to get the little b'stards out of the house without amputating at least one of their ridiculous long leg in the process. Not sure why they bother me as much as they do but it's fare to say they irritate me to the point of distraction.

 

[Superphil]

There is a way to rid the badgers.

Put a can of shaving foam in the middle of your lawn.


If that fails (serious way), drink loads of beer and spirits, wait an hour and get out there with the friend that you hold so close to you and hose the lawn, being careful to circle the borders of the lawn with that Urea.

You have now marked your territory if that fails, go the jasper carrot mole killing route.

I thank you for all those options, the territory marking has been tried but perhaps needs to be a little more frequent.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Millions of the buggers here in Kent.

I blame global warming, or the Chinese, take your pick.

Chiiina. I call them the Chiiina bug. There are many names. Many names. They had the chance to stop them coming over here. Many chances. And we are doing a tremendous job. We are swatting more than the rest of the EU combined. We have a spray coming soon, very soon, tremendous spray. I signed an Executive Order to outlaw the Chiiiina bug, very good Order. Biden keeps them as pets, so I hear. Did you hear this? The radical left want you to be overwhelmed with the Chiiiina big - true story. Crooked Hillary puts food out for them - great reporting from Fox - tremendous. I gave a black man a fly swat yesterday - did you see this? No other President ever gave a black man a fly swat before - I am doing great work, tremendous work. I paid for it out of my taxes - many taxes. I paid more taxes than anyone else. Anyone else. Doing great work, tremendous work.

 

[Grassman]

Surprised this hasn't appeared yet - this was the "proper" one.

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That’s exactly what I thought this thread was gonna be about!

 

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I have learned something this morning.

We've had hundreds of Daddy Long Legs (Crane flies) over the last few weeks. I also have a lawns that has struggled to grow this summer... I never knew the two were linked. Is there anything I can put on the lawn to kill off the leatherjackets and perhaps given my lawn a fighting chance next year?

 

[el punal]

It could be the fact we had a mild winter, so less leatherjackets succumbed to adverse weather......but we'll go with other theories if people want to

I blame VAR.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

I thank you for all those options, the territory marking has been tried but perhaps needs to be a little more frequent.

Certainly worth an extra few jars, if nothing else.PS be careful of neighbours CCTV while applying this Urea.

The other method would be to spray the lawn to kill the leather jackets, not sure if the domestic market has such a chemical now though.

 

[MJsGhost]

I have learned something this morning.

We've had hundreds of Daddy Long Legs (Crane flies) over the last few weeks. I also have a lawns that has struggled to grow this summer... I never knew the two were linked. Is there anything I can put on the lawn to kill off the leatherjackets and perhaps given my lawn a fighting chance next year?

https://www.gardening-naturally.com/small-leatherjacket-nematodes?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtsv7BRCmARIsANu-CQe38HMp3BEZUNo4bIaZnJoqfdwSOHzCeE608voKkD2cXwq6lQRAockaAkdUEALw_wcB

The very dry spell won't have helped your lawn either, but something along the lines of the above should help with the leatherjackets

 

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https://www.gardening-naturally.com/small-leatherjacket-nematodes?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtsv7BRCmARIsANu-CQe38HMp3BEZUNo4bIaZnJoqfdwSOHzCeE608voKkD2cXwq6lQRAockaAkdUEALw_wcB

The very dry spell won't have helped your lawn either, but something along the lines of the above should help with the leatherjackets

Excellent... I'll have to get scarifying and then get some of this down before the temperature drops.

 

[Meade's Ball]

It was spider season t'other week, and on a morning walk with the nipper i had him rush toward a webbing that had a wasp almost all wrapped up. Just the one struggling, quivering leg was slightly free and attempting to aid its escape. I was a tad agog, and then we saw the eight legged beefcake scampering toward the usually buzzing bellend to eat its brains, it was a great tv style moment. Meade Jr was of course a bit whatever and daddy, eurgh about it.

Just a few days ago though, on a playground that was open, a wouldn't climbing shack did indeed have numerous long legglies on it. We think we stumbled upon the queen, who looked about 2ft 6.

 

[B-right-on]

I'm always at war with leatherjackets and earlier this year gave my lawn a good dose of nematodes.

Only seen 4 DLLs this Autumn and all 4 met a swift death ....

If you have a crap lawn, chances are leatherjackets are feasting on your grass roots - ba$tards

Never actually knew where they came from. Thanks. Will put a dose of that on my lawn in the spring. Must be why the lawn is looking a bit crap too.

 

[Questions]

Have The Daily Mail described them as blood sucking mutant Crane flies yet?

That reminds me. In1976 during the drought one of the red tops said that ladybirds were taking to biting people for their blood feeds because all the vegetatation had dried out... Allnthe kids at school starting killing them

 

[dazzer6666]

I have learned something this morning.

We've had hundreds of Daddy Long Legs (Crane flies) over the last few weeks. I also have a lawns that has struggled to grow this summer... I never knew the two were linked. Is there anything I can put on the lawn to kill off the leatherjackets and perhaps given my lawn a fighting chance next year?

Paving slabs.

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Blithering ****wits all over the shop atm. Seem to take a particular liking to bludgeoning themselves trying to escape out of the never open loft skylight in our extension leading to something akin to a death assemblage on the carpet stairs.

Best thing you can do if you hate them is get a cat. They bloody love snacking on them.

Same with our dog.

 

[B-right-on]

Seen a lot of Crane Fly in the last few weeks. But not many spiders.

Some people call these Daddy Long Legs:

I've always called the crane fly a DDL

Just checked wiki:

In colloquial speech, crane flies are sometimes known as mosquito hawks[3] or daddy longlegs,[4] a term also used to describe opiliones or the family Pholcidae, both of which are arachnids

So both

 

[Audax]

This is a Daddy Long Legs:

As an Aussie ... that is a DDL. Crane fly = crane fly.

As an avid Sci Fi reader, that is a Martian spy (miniaturised, 8 legged version of War of the Worlds tripod).

 

[*Gullsworth*]

As an Aussie ... that is a DDL. Crane fly = crane fly.

As an avid Sci Fi reader, that is a Martian spy (miniaturised, 8 legged version of War of the Worlds tripod).

Our Daddy long legs are better than yours na na na na na ours have wings!





Now put me in my place by saying yours are four feet high and are venomous.

 

[blue-shifted]

That reminds me. In1976 during the drought one of the red tops said that ladybirds were taking to biting people for their blood feeds because all the vegetatation had dried out... Allnthe kids at school starting killing them

And the children of that generation haven't stopped doing what the tabloids have told them to do ever since