Papa
10-09-2005, 23:10
Is it me or have they prospered this late summer? Millions of them.
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wolf of sedgley
10-09-2005, 23:14
I was considering creating a thread about them the other night. Is it
just my house that is invested with these pointless creatures?
just my house that is invested with these pointless creatures?
Papa
10-09-2005, 23:18
I was considering creating a thread about them the other night. Is it just my house that is invested with these pointless creatures?
I have seen at least four just recently. None of them appeared to be related. It is an epidemic.
I have seen at least four just recently. None of them appeared to be related. It is an epidemic.
Mutchy
10-09-2005, 23:19
My Jack Russells are quite partial to them...smileys/smiley5.gif
Papa
10-09-2005, 23:21
My Jack Russells are quite partial to them...smileys/smiley5.gif
Can your Jack Russells climb up walls Mutchy?
Can your Jack Russells climb up walls Mutchy?
R6 Wolf
10-09-2005, 23:22
My Jack Russells are quite partial to them...smileys/smiley5.gif
Do they fight over them or do they have a leg or two each ?
Do they fight over them or do they have a leg or two each ?
SSW
10-09-2005, 23:23
Daddy Longlegs..... the insect equivalent of George Ndah, as lightweight as Seyi Olofinjana.
Netherton Wolf
10-09-2005, 23:42
My son has killed about 10 in our house tonight, but the problem is he's splattered them against my nice cream walls!!!!!!!1
Mutchy
10-09-2005, 23:43
My Jack Russells are quite partial to them...smileys/smiley5.gif
Can your Jack Russells climb up walls Mutchy?
They can send others up them.. does that count?
The insects are more than happy to come down to their level, and there are more than enough to go round.
Can your Jack Russells climb up walls Mutchy?
They can send others up them.. does that count?
The insects are more than happy to come down to their level, and there are more than enough to go round.
R6 Wolf
10-09-2005, 23:46
My son has killed about 10 in our house tonight, but the problem is he's splattered them against my nice cream walls!!!!!!!1
You could pass it off as patterned wallpaper if he did a few more
You could pass it off as patterned wallpaper if he did a few more
wolf of sedgley
11-09-2005, 00:00
Daddy long legs are the fakest creatures ever to have evolved.
They can't even fly properly- they just seem to bounce around off the
walls.
They can't even fly properly- they just seem to bounce around off the
walls.
Thread Killer
11-09-2005, 00:09
There's always millions of them this time of year. Except down here. I haven't seen one.
Mutchy
11-09-2005, 00:11
There's always millions of them this time of year. Except down here. I haven't seen one.
Where are you, under the table? They aren't that fierce you know!smileys/smiley2.gif
Where are you, under the table? They aren't that fierce you know!smileys/smiley2.gif
Thread Killer
11-09-2005, 00:15
There's always millions of them this time of year. Except down here. I haven't seen one.
Where are you, under the table? They aren't that fierce you know!smileys/smiley2.gif
smileys/smiley36.gifI forgot it doesn't have my location as London on the new board...
While we're on it though, spiders that can fly? Evolution played us a bum card there.
Where are you, under the table? They aren't that fierce you know!smileys/smiley2.gif
smileys/smiley36.gifI forgot it doesn't have my location as London on the new board...
While we're on it though, spiders that can fly? Evolution played us a bum card there.
SnowyWolf
11-09-2005, 00:56
dark outdide light isnide therdire u get daday lng legs
SnowyWolf
11-09-2005, 00:58
There's always millions of them this time of year. Except down here. I haven't seen one.
Where are you, under the table? They aren't that fierce you know!smileys/smiley2.gif
spiders that can fly?
WHO?
Where are you, under the table? They aren't that fierce you know!smileys/smiley2.gif
spiders that can fly?
WHO?
R6 Wolf
11-09-2005, 01:00
There's always millions of them this time of year. Except down here. I haven't seen one.
Where are you, under the table? They aren't that fierce you know!smileys/smiley2.gif
spiders that can fly?
WHO?
WHAT
Where are you, under the table? They aren't that fierce you know!smileys/smiley2.gif
spiders that can fly?
WHO?
WHAT
Exiled WHAT?!
11-09-2005, 10:42
dark outdide light isnide therdire u get daday lng legs
Have you been drinking???smileys/smiley36.gif
Have you been drinking???smileys/smiley36.gif
Visage Wolf
11-09-2005, 10:53
dark outdide light isnide therdire u get daday lng legs
About twenty to four.
About twenty to four.
Balti Pie
11-09-2005, 12:18
Hi stato here. Did you know there as poisionous as a black widow spider......only thing is they cannot open their jaws wide enough to bite!! (Or so I've been told)
wolfan
11-09-2005, 12:42
Another statto here! Thats actually a myth, the daddy-long legs that's
being referred to arent poisonous at all, however, (and this is where
the confusion starts), there is a spider that is referred to as the
daddy long legs spider, (although its a completely different animal)
which does have venomous glands, however the strength of its venom
isnt known, as it has never been known to bite a human (its fangs are
too short).
One fact about the daddy long legs (the one thats being referred to) is that it
has a penis, which seperates it from spiders (which dont!)
Edited by: wolfan
being referred to arent poisonous at all, however, (and this is where
the confusion starts), there is a spider that is referred to as the
daddy long legs spider, (although its a completely different animal)
which does have venomous glands, however the strength of its venom
isnt known, as it has never been known to bite a human (its fangs are
too short).
One fact about the daddy long legs (the one thats being referred to) is that it
has a penis, which seperates it from spiders (which dont!)
Edited by: wolfan
Thread Killer
11-09-2005, 12:49
Aren't we actually talking about crane flies here, which aren't spiders at all?
wolfan
11-09-2005, 12:53
yes, this is a daddy-long legs spider (which cant fly)
http://www.snopes.com/critters/graphics/longleg3.jpg
http://www.snopes.com/critters/graphics/longleg3.jpg
Guests
11-09-2005, 12:54
I was considering creating a thread about them the other night. Is it just my house that is invested with these pointless creatures?
we have loads in our house at a night but cannot say any of them have ever wanted to invest in it, seems as though they are after a barn conversion.
we have loads in our house at a night but cannot say any of them have ever wanted to invest in it, seems as though they are after a barn conversion.
Papa
11-09-2005, 14:44
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4123766.st (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4123766.stm) m
WOOF!
11-09-2005, 16:06
Maybe Terry Nutkins could shed some light on this daddy long legs infestation.smileys/smiley2.gif
Guests
11-09-2005, 18:38
why do they always go for the face? little $$$$$s.
Bankswolf II
11-09-2005, 19:16
Got loads here an all which is $$$$$ing off my brother so much that hes taken to tearing there legs off.
Keep on getting those little flies which are a pain especally when they are buzzing around the room at 11 o clock at night
Keep on getting those little flies which are a pain especally when they are buzzing around the room at 11 o clock at night
Hibbitt was King
11-09-2005, 19:47
Daddy long legs are this summer's asylum seekers.
Open the bloody doors and hundreds of the b!$*!$*ds try to get in.
Then you try to eject them and they run rings around whatever method you devise to catch them.
My kids won't let me kill them and my other half won't let them be.I haven't watched much telly in the evening for the last fortnightsmileys/smiley7.gif
Open the bloody doors and hundreds of the b!$*!$*ds try to get in.
Then you try to eject them and they run rings around whatever method you devise to catch them.
My kids won't let me kill them and my other half won't let them be.I haven't watched much telly in the evening for the last fortnightsmileys/smiley7.gif
D.A.A.
11-09-2005, 20:15
I don't like some of the language being used here, 'splattered them against the wall, (nice cream)', 'tearing their legs off' 'little $$$$$s'.Perhaps we should showa little more respectfor the daddy long legs community.
Wombourne Wolf
11-09-2005, 20:20
or suck them up with the hoover smileys/smiley2.gif
Jack the Wolf
11-09-2005, 20:43
How the hell can they walk, eight legs and no knees! Sounds like me after a crate of Stella!
Thread Killer
11-09-2005, 23:26
or suck them up with the hoover
Puff.
Puff.
Brusselswolf
12-09-2005, 08:46
We've had an attack of them in Belgium too! I blame the French.
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