Re: daddylonglegs


"Essex Computers - Home" <news@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "sharky" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > me@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > does any one know what is the name of them things that fly round the
> house
> > > and sometimes fly in your face.
> > >
> > > the ones nasty kids pull the wings and legs off.
> > >
> > > when i search for daddy long legs on the net i find pages about
spiders.
> > >
> > > a friend told me they (daddy long legs) have real bad poison but there
> teeth
> > > cant penetrate our skin.
> > >
> > > i want to read about them but dont know what thy're called.
> > >
> > >
> > I remember seeing a pogramme about crane fly aka daddylonglegs aka
> > leatherjackets and the poison bit is sort of true - they spend most of
> > their life under the ground as grubs, pupate into flies that only live
> > two days or so, and then inject their eggs into living insects -
> > stunning them first with a poison that is *comparatively* more toxic
> > than any snakebite - however, since they have very little of it, it only
> > causes effect on something of small body mass, it can cause a rash in
> > humans, but nothing seriuos.
> > If the dose was the same as transferred in a snake bite, it would
> > apparently kill you instantly.
> > Likewise, stomach acid destroys it so if eaten they do no harm, hence
> > another posters cats being unharmed.
>
> Thats right and dont they make upto 300 more DDL's and only 20 survvie
from
> the mating too ?
>

i used to breed tarantuals, about 300 a time from one eggsac, it only needs
one to reach adult hood to mate with another, thats why they have so many.

>


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