Crane Fly

Hate em.

Don't usually kill bugs, but these I must.

Can I get them with normal bug spray?

Reply 1

dh00001

you could if it stays still long enough for you to spray :p:

theyre really easy to catch so you dont need to poison yourself using bug spray in an unventilated space

Reply 2

They're resilient buggers, I'll give them that. There was one in the bath, so I got the shower head and sprayed a jet spray of hot water on it but it kept flying up. Took me about 5 minutes to get it down the plug hole successfully.

Reply 3

rottcodd

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let them live! they eat all the spiders.

Reply 4

I thought they ate mosquitos? Hence the american term "skeeter eaters"

Reply 5

Oh wait, just wikipidiad it, and it says they only feed on nectar or not at all.

Reply 6

20083

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Use raid fly and wasp killer- works well!

Reply 7

rottcodd

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then the guardian lied to me. Bad guardian.

Reply 8

Talya

OP

Nessyfencer

Use raid fly and wasp killer- works well!

Thanks.

I'm afraid I cannot catch them as what I feel when I see one is the closest I'll ever come to a panic attack.

Reply 9

dh00001

i have just discovered a laggy band works equally well.

Reply 10

Swinely

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Crane fly eh.. thats what they are called! Had these flying around upstairs for a few nights now... possibly the most irritating things ever - more so than moths. I must spend 15 mins killing them all each night, easily 10 around at a time! Shouldn't leave my windows open really but its still so hot :frown:

. Its easy to hit them with a shoe when they land for a second, or folders work very well while they are flying.

Reply 11

20083

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Talya

Thanks.

I'm afraid I cannot catch them as what I feel when I see one is the closest I'll ever come to a panic attack.

Tell me about it!

Reply 12

gCarroll

gCarroll wishes to iterate the following:

In Britian the 'Daddy Long-legs' is a term used to describe the Cranefly (Tipulidae). However the term is also used elsewhere to describe: A -Harvestmen (Opiliones) which are similar to but not spiders (taxonomically distinct orders) and B - Spiders belonging to the family Pholcidae.

gCarroll confirms that Pholcids do indeed hunt and consume other species of spider, however he must quell the absurd notion that they are at all harmful to humans: in fact, they provide a great service in regulating the population of another frequent household visitor - T. domestica

And as of such, the unwarranted killing of these deliciously elegant creatures is not only morally questionable even amongst 21st centaury anarchic youth, but also stupid.

Reply 13

gCarroll

dh00001

i have just discovered a laggy band works equally well.

gCarroll suggests that next time you 'discover' that 'laggy' is what one with a poor internet connection experiences during online game-play. The word gCarroll thinks you want is an 'elastic band'. Elastic - three syllables, it's quite an effort to pronounce, he knows.

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