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QUESTION Why do there seem to be so many Daddy Longlegs this year compared to others?
THE familiar insects commonly called Crane-flies or Daddy Longlegs are types of fly of the family Tipulidae. In the UK this family is made up of eight genera containing 100 or so species varying greatly in size.See the full content of this document
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Invasion of the Longlegs ; Answers to Correspondents
One of the largest and commonest species is Tipula paludosa, the classic menace to our living rooms on autumn evenings.
It has certainly been a 'good' year for numbers of this species, by no means unprecedented, but approaching the maximum ...See the full content of this document
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