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rebornintheglory June 2nd, 2008 04:03 AM
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It really is. And they are freaky.

PC Chipmunk June 2nd, 2008 04:06 AM
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I hate them. They have the flight skills of a blind pilot. They keep crashing into everything.

masked_marsoe June 2nd, 2008 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by PC Chipmunk (Post 4366756)
I hate them. They have the flight skills of a blind pilot. They keep crashing into everything.
A blind, drunk pilot, with the only exception that they can always find your face and fly into it repeatedly.

Karst June 2nd, 2008 05:42 AM
Re: What kind of bug is this?
 
They're called Schnepfen in German, I don't know what they are in English and I don't care to look at up.
Anyway, they're not bad to keep around since they preferably eat mosquitoes, even though they do look kind of freakish, and, as was mentioned, like to fly in people's faces.

Atrocious June 2nd, 2008 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Karst (Post 4366812)
They're called Schnepfen in German, I don't know what they are in English and I don't care to look at up.
Anyway, they're not bad to keep around since they preferably eat mosquitoes, even though they do look kind of freakish, and, as was mentioned, like to fly in people's faces.
Actually in Germany they are also called Opa Langbein (at least where I live), which is pretty close to daddy long-legs, as it translates to granddaddy long-legs.

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Captain Fist June 2nd, 2008 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by John (Post 4366723)
We get things that look similar here. They keep really low to the grass, though. And they have an orange outside.


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That's the true Daddy long-legs. At least, they're what we call them here in Australia.
Yes, they are big, clumsy spiders that used to walk on the rocks around our old house.

I think my mom used to call those crane flies Mosquito Eaters or something.

VFrieden June 2nd, 2008 02:40 PM
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yeah, that definately looks like a crane fly...sadly, I've never even heard of a crane fly until now :)

Admiral Donutz June 2nd, 2008 03:02 PM
Re: What kind of bug is this?
 
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Originally Posted by Atrocious (Post 4366836)
Actually in Germany they are also called Opa Langbein (at least where I live), which is pretty close to daddy long-legs, as it translates to granddaddy long-legs.

Crane fly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lol, funny.

InDutch we call them "langpootmug" or "longlegmusquito" (Tipulidae family but also the Cylindrotominae and Limoniinae families. Most common specie overhere is the Tipula oleracea), couldn't think of a more obvious name. It's a musquito with long legs. =p

According to the dictionary daddy long legs translates to either langpootmug for the musquito and "hooiwagen" (haywagon) for the spider which shares the same name in English (how convinient).

Edit: wikipedia also mentions the "reuzenlangpootmug" or "giantlonglegmusquito" (Tipula maxima) as a musquito with evne longer legs.

Piet June 2nd, 2008 03:12 PM
Re: What kind of bug is this?
 
Stankelben! Directly translated in English to something like "Skinnylegs"

KeNDaLL2000 June 2nd, 2008 03:33 PM
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I hate them especially in the american autumn. Billions of them seems to be all over the place _ porablably because thats when they mate


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