tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7590942099418396864..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Un visiteur aux longues pattesKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4372695495829051662021-06-10T06:20:16.563+02:002021-06-10T06:20:16.563+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Catrinhttps://thai-online.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-84614124086022456712019-05-01T05:07:54.428+02:002019-05-01T05:07:54.428+02:00The faucheux (or faucheuse, faucheur) is an arachn...The <i>faucheux</i> (or <i>faucheuse, faucheur</i>) is an arachnid, and it's what I've always known as a daddy longlegs. But the Wikipedia article on daddy longlegs says it can be used as a name for Opiliones arachnids and Tipulidae flies.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6086301118989109242019-05-01T05:00:14.233+02:002019-05-01T05:00:14.233+02:00Not as far as I cant tell.Not as far as I cant tell.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75303475379629467282019-05-01T04:59:56.353+02:002019-05-01T04:59:56.353+02:00Thanks for that Britannica article. Evelyn says sh...Thanks for that Britannica article. Evelyn says she called crane flies daddy longlegs but I don't think we called them that when I was living in North Carolina. The Britannica notes that daddy longlegs for crane flies is not used as much in North America as in other English-speaking areas.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-64432376578113610852019-05-01T04:58:05.742+02:002019-05-01T04:58:05.742+02:00Like you, G., I always knew daddy long-legs as a s...Like you, G., I always knew daddy long-legs as a spider, and we have those here too, in abundance. I've heard crane flies called mosquito hawks, but I haven't seen any evidence that they eat mosquitoes.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68763591841294789102019-05-01T00:11:51.104+02:002019-05-01T00:11:51.104+02:00We have loads of them here every summer. :) I don&...We have loads of them here every summer. :) I don't mind them really. Crane flies and daddy longlegs appear to to be the same 'thing': https://www.britannica.com/animal/crane-flyelgeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019214788976612822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12682568955994303472019-04-30T23:27:11.814+02:002019-04-30T23:27:11.814+02:00We always called them mosquito eaters. Daddy Long ...We always called them mosquito eaters. Daddy Long Legs was a spider where I grew up. I wonder if crane flies do eat mosquitoes or mosquito larvae? That would be a service!Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494717807563190298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-7760408035244032012019-04-30T16:49:28.925+02:002019-04-30T16:49:28.925+02:00I've always called them daddy long legs and se...I've always called them daddy long legs and seen them everywhere I've lived. They are cute.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72070620268156019502019-04-30T14:48:42.457+02:002019-04-30T14:48:42.457+02:00I have been told that crane flies eat mosquitoes -...I have been told that crane flies eat mosquitoes - true?sillygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971787430517830586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-62486052953195601432019-04-30T14:42:36.962+02:002019-04-30T14:42:36.962+02:00Aren't these flies also called "daddy lon...Aren't these flies also called "daddy long legs"?<br /><br />In French it is also called <i> mouche-faucheux</i>, probably because they have long legs like the true <i>faucheux</i>.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51213395541369749562019-04-30T14:23:36.872+02:002019-04-30T14:23:36.872+02:00I think those are the same thing that we see here,...I think those are the same thing that we see here, but I have always (mistakenly!) been told that they were female mosquitoes. Ha! Learn something new everyday, here, Ken :) Thanks for you research!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4271112530025439592019-04-30T14:15:19.396+02:002019-04-30T14:15:19.396+02:00I'm sure we had crane flies in N.C. Walt says ...I'm sure we had crane flies in N.C. Walt says he remembers them in upstate N.Y. I can't remember about central Illinois, Washington DC, or California. Must have had crane flies in those places too.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58728978325825218012019-04-30T08:10:33.599+02:002019-04-30T08:10:33.599+02:00My husband calls them moustiques.
Glad to learn w...My husband calls them moustiques. <br />Glad to learn what these things are. I never saw them before moving to France.Taste of Francehttp://francetaste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com