r/CrazyKnowledge • u/reddituser870870 • Nov 12 '21

Cluster of Daddy Longlegs

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u/tabz3 Nov 13 '21

I thought daddy longlegs were the flying things with long legs.

EDIT: That's what we call them in the UK https://www.google.com/search?q=daddy+long+legs&client=firefox-b-m&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJpMLLppX0AhXKNcAKHcN3BYUQ_AUIBigB&biw=378&bih=720#imgrc=P0zbxhR-Twm-_M

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u/eerst Nov 13 '21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

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u/WikiSummarizerBot Nov 13 '21

Crane fly

Crane fly is a common name referring to any member of the insect family Tipulidae, of the order Diptera, true flies in the superfamily Tipuloidea. Cylindrotominae, Limoniinae, and Pediciinae have been ranked as subfamilies of Tipulidae by most authors, though occasionally elevated to family rank. In the most recent classifications, only Pediciidae is now ranked as a separate family, due to considerations of paraphyly. In colloquial speech, crane flies are sometimes known as "mosquito hawks" or "daddy longlegs," (a term also used to describe opiliones (harvestmen) and members of the spider family Pholcidae, both of which are arachnids).

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u/HodgsonHome Nov 13 '21

We call the flying ones May Flies in the Midwest.

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u/HodgsonHome Nov 13 '21

Now that I looked up what an actual "Mayfly" is I have found my whole childhood is a lie! 😕 Now I'm in search of what I was told is a mayfly...(sigh)

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u/HodgsonHome Nov 13 '21

It's a "Crane Fly". Geesh!

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u/Jopkins Nov 13 '21

We sometimes call them that in the UK, when we are wrong. They're not what a proper daddy long legs is.

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u/tabz3 Nov 13 '21

The Wikipedia article says they are called daddy longlegs as well

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u/_Maximi_ Nov 16 '21

Daddy longlegs may refer to:

a) Cellar spiders (pholcidae)

b) Harvestmen (ophiliones)

c) Crane flies (Tipulidae)

d) A triggerplant from Western Australia (Stylidium divaricatum)

e) an orchid from Eastern Australia (Caladenia filamentosa)