Daddy long legs invasion?

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We have after much screaming from 8 year dd released 6 daddy long legs in the last 36 hours.

YABU- just daddy long legs doing their thing.

YANBU- daddy long legs uprising to take over the world.

They are currently everywhere. Out backyard is full of them and they sneak into the house every time someone opens a door or window. I know they don't do anything to humans, but they're bloody annoying!

They’re everywhere in our house!!

I've never seen so many as this year. It must be the weather

I had 6 tonight in the kitchen whilst I was preparing dinner!!

DS &DH rescued me!

Just had to dodge 2 to switch off my lamp. We are also over run with them here

Depends which creature you mean...

"The phrase 'daddy long legs' illustrates one of the biggest problems in biology. That is, people in different parts of the world use the same name to refer to more than one species or even groups of species.

In the case of 'daddy long legs' this name is used to refer to one of three different invertebrates:

A true fly belonging to the family Tipulidae. These flies are also sometimes called Crane flies.
A type of arachnid related to spiders known as an Opilione or sometimes as a harvestman.
A species of spider called Pholcus phalangioides which is found in cellars, basements and dark corners of houses. It's also called the Daddy Long Legs spider or Cellar spider."

I like them, they fly like their legs belong to someone else and if you look at their tiny faces through a window, you can see their funny long noses.

I am talking about crane flies.

The enormous meaty spiders can fuck off, though.

My SIL in Scotland calls them Jenny Longlegs, she is terrified of them!
We are seeing loads here in SE London!

They're everywhere! Never known a year like it! Thought is was just us - gals to see it isn't!!

Seven crane flies came in tonight. What is going on?

We saw some in the garden earlier. DD must have never noticed one before because she was fascinated. They freak me out a bit.

*glad even. For reference we are in Essex.

You need cellar spiders. This is what they do to daddy long legs...

BOAK.

It's September. Tis the season/month for them unfortunately. They only seem to hang around for this month weirdly so they'll be gone by October. Hang in there. I must say they're not as abundant as they were say 30 years ago thank God!

It's why I hate September. Crane fly month.

(Six legged) Spiders with wings. What could be worse?!

Crane flies are the only insects that terrify me. We have false widows etc but I don’t care...if a crane fly comes near me I turn into a squealing three year old.
I’ve been catching them in a big container and letting them out in the garden. DH hits them with a tea towel ... which means hurting it and leaving legs and bits everywhere.

YES!! They are bloody EVERYWHERE this year and they are the one insect I truly can’t tolerate. I hate to kill anything myself, but I turn a blind eye to my cat hunting the fuckers.

Yes. The floppy nitwits are everywhere here (SE).

They’re everywhere, I’ve evicted so many the last few nights.
Seem to have broken the kids fear of them though by having them look them up on the internet; there were some hilarious (to them) descriptions of how they fly and why they’re so clumsy which seems to have put them at ease!

We've only seen one so far (unless you count the unfortunate dead one that got caught in a web near our front door). They're annoying but I'd rather that any day than the massive house spiders. Thankfully the conkers and spider spray and cat seem to be keeping them at bay.

Although I've probably jinxed it now

Those little bastards keep getting into my house somewhere. I can't stand them and screech for my DP to remove them.

I'm not clicking on that photo *singingsands". Even the thumbnail looks horrifying. What the heck is going on?

floppy nitwits

Perfect, I shall call them this from now on.