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    What’s this?

    Being plagued (slight exaggeration) by these critters, any ideas what they are?


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    Looks like a Daddy long leg.
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    Not sure, they’re not like normal crane flies, a bit smaller and stripy


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    Sounds like a job for good old Dr Foot

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    Daddy long legs or crane fly would be my guess

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    Young crane fly but this unlucky one has 2 missing legs

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    Thanks mate...probably got injured when I whacked it with the tea towel


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    Crane fly are clumsy but harmless.

    The ones that fly into the pond get eaten immediately, same with anything else, even dragon flies.

    When a wasp dived in I had to race my Shiro to it, luckily I got there first.

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    Do you know that dragon flies or crane flies have a highly toxic venom but seeing that they dont have a means to bite or inject due to having no mouth they are harmless..

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    One of those daft insects that serve no useful purpose except to annoy humans. Maybe I need to find some kind of creature that will eat them and keep it as a pet?


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