Daddy Long Legs!!arrrgh

ivyleaf

Oh yuck yuck yuck!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: I hate them too even though I know they're harmless (the craneflies i mean, I've only ever seen one leatherjacket.). We don't seem to have any here ATM but I'm making sure to switch off the light before opening the door at night, just to be on the safe side! Shudder shudder!

lynzpower

littlelily wrote:

Lynzpower - try starting every day in your wellies and dressing gown sweeping up leather jackets - especially when the odd one or two fall off the shovel into your wellie!_pale_

morganlefay

I was told by a grass expert that the hideous brown patches on our grass were where leatherjacket grubs had munched the roots and killed the grass. Also we had holes dug in the 'lawn' (an overstatement, it's a bit of manky grass) by a badger who came every night to dig up the grubs. (I do live in impenetrable countryside) Now the badger doesn't come any more, but apparently Bayer are about to launch a product which you put on the grass and it kills the daddy longlegs grubs, and some other root-munching grub too....now I'm not keen on chemical gardening but there are times when you have to and ridding my house of these pests is enough to make me do it this time. The thought of one in the mouth is just too much...let's hope Bayer got the formula right ! I expect it's too late for this year, but next year I expect to be a longlegs-free zone. I'm so glad other people can't stand them - even my OH hates them and pursues them relentlessly round the bedroom of a night, so I have a laugh before I go to sleep at least !:T

elljay20

we have got hundreds of them. It's ironic i was just getting peed off as i needed the toilet but they kept flying at me like airbourne mini zombies. Can't keep all the windows shut as it's baking in here

bootman

Get a couple of chickens.
My 2 chickens spend all day chasing and catching all the daddy long legs in my garden. Its so funny to watch.
They are expert catchers!

finc

I would rather be in a room full of angry wasps than near a daddy long legs or a moth :eek::eek::eek:

My daughter has phobias about all sorts and her 'lady' brought a dead daddy long legs to help her overcome them. I nearly wet myself I was so scared . I had to hold it as well as I'm supposed to be the brave grown up. I had to wash my hands about 30 times before I stopped feeling sick.

Leaving this thread now as you've all put me right off my Quality Streets :mad:

Peter-Pan_5

angry wasps,last summer I was cutting the hedge wearing shorts and bare chested,I was on a pair of steps stretched to far and lo and behold fell into the hedge, at the bottom on the hedge was a wasps nest and I stood on it,I had wasps everywhere,ran screaming up the road to house tearing off my shorts[not a pretty sight]I was stung everywhere you can imagine.

tagz

Well at least you haven't got Giant African Snails to contend with!!

Actually I thought they were sweet but it was strange finding them on the pavement outside my son's school in London this morning!!!!!!!! They were at least 6 inches long, and I made LOADS of Mum's squeal as I took them into the school before calling the RSPCA.

We've got loads of daddy long legs too. I'm fine with them but my OH goes nuts and he's on crutches at the mo - so lots of entertainment for the kids when he swings them around trying to get the blighters (the daddy long legs not the kids!).

Butlers1982

daddy long legs are one of the most poisonous creatures in the world but they have no way of injecting their venom!

be warned ! dont swollow them!

angelsam1984

ok dont know where to post but to get rid please! before I get another one flying at me scram and run!

the ones with long legs long body and little wings

I am covered in goose bumps help!

Sam