The lore of insects and allure of eateries Nov 1, 2009
Sometimes, as when the subject is, say, The Brain-Boring Earwig or The Venomous Daddy Longlegs, she is engagingly informative. It is the cockroach, not the earwig that is likely to be found in your ear; and the fearsome daddy longlegs is not a spider and is not venomous - though it has what human beings would consider to be a disproportionately long penis. (Boston Globe)
Tiny tots destroy serenity of the surreal Oct 3, 2009
No, that was just my reflection while I tried to take in Daddy Longlegs of the evening - Hope. Now, I have nothing against babies and toddlers - in their right place, which is not near me in an art gallery. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
October full of beauty, change Oct 3, 2009
Daddy longlegs (common spider-like arachnids) are sexually mature and fully grown, and searching for mates. In the sky: The moon will be full on Sunday the harvest moon, says David Dundee, astronomer with the Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Arachnophobes look away now - it's a bumper autumn for spiders Sep 25, 2009
Conservationists say there could be more spiders and daddy longlegs than usual this autumn because of favourable breeding conditions. Researchers at insect charity, Buglife, said last year's wet autumn meant the larvae of daddy longlegs had plenty of decaying plant matter to eat ... Last year's damp autumn was good for daddy longlegs larvae or crane flies, which live just below the ground's surface. (BBC News -- Science)
Okla. attorney general takes on poultry industry Aug 14, 2009
The river's watershed -- where Edmondson saw his first daddy longlegs, floated away endless summer days and still comes to recharge -- is the centerpiece of his federal lawsuit against the Arkansas poultry industry, which he says polluted the area with tons of bird waste from hundreds of poultry farms. Two months before the Sept. 21 trial, he is driving through hundreds of acres of lush forest in his Ford Escape hybrid, taking the two-lane highways and narrow backroads he knows by heart. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Yard accents can run gamut from pink plastic flamingoes to garden sculpture Aug 4, 2009
"I just saw somebody who made a giant daddy longlegs out of a red bowling ball," Jimerson says. "They attached metal rods for the legs, and the holes were the eyes. They set it in the corner of their yard where they let the grass grow really tall, so it was living in this little meadow. It was very cool.". (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Fishing hooks college students Jun 21, 2009
DADDY LONGLEGS: I've always heard the myth, going back to childhood, that the daddy longlegs spider was supposedly the most venomous of all, but that it has no teeth -- and therefore cannot deliver its deadly bite. It is, however, just a myth. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Bid 'to aid daddy longlegs' Mar 27, 2009
Bid to aid daddy longlegs numbers ... Researchers found the larvae of cranefly - also known as daddy longlegs - perish as warmer summer weather dries out the wet peaty soils they live in. (BBC News -- Science)
