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<DIV d --Apple-Mail-100--1001962521 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Ken, On 21-May-08, at 11:18 AM, Ken MacAulay wrote: > Chris: Thanks for the clarification re "daddy longlegs". It was the > crane fly that I had in mind, but I always called them daddy or > Jenny longlegs. The true daddy longlegs must be that very long > legged "grass" spider like insect I see, even indoors. Yes, that's right. People often confuse them on account of both having very long legs. :-> On closer examination they are, of course, very different since crane flies have six legs and wings while harvestmen (daddy longlegs) have eight legs and no wings. :-> Take a look at the following photos of harvestmen: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/2062413312_46cad91bc1.jpg http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/opiliones2.JPG And ofcraneflies: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/diptera/nematocera/tipulidae/sp-3mf.jpg http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/images/yamfly.jpg For a comparison between a couple of species. > Interesting that "wireworms" are beetle larvae, not worms. My new > fact for the day! One is always learning! Absolutely! More fun facts are that June bugs are not "bugs" but beetles (scarab beetles, to whit); fireflies are not "flies" but beetles; lady bugs are not "bugs" but beetles; and the proverbial "spanish fly" is not made from "flies" but from beetles (from Lytta vesicatoria, a species in the blister beetle family, Meloidae). Live and learn! :-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_fly Cheers, Chris > I'll have to brush up on my insect terminology! > Ken MacAulay > Port Mouton, NS Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-100--1001962521 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Ken,<div><br><div><div>On = 21-May-08, at 11:18 AM, Ken MacAulay wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div> = <div><span class=3D"484301214-21052008"><font face=3D"Arial" = color=3D"#0000ff" size=3D"2">Chris: Thanks for the clarification re = "daddy longlegs". It was the crane fly that I had in mind, but I = always called them daddy or Jenny longlegs. The true daddy = longlegs must be that very long legged "grass" spider like insect I see, = even = indoors. </font></span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Y= es, that's right. People often confuse them on account of both having = very long legs. :-> On closer examination they are, of course, very = different since crane flies have six legs and wings while harvestmen = (daddy longlegs) have eight legs and no wings. = :-></div><div><br></div><div>Take a look at the following photos of = harvestmen:</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/2062413312_46cad91bc1.jpg">htt= p://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/2062413312_46cad91bc1.jpg</a></div><div><= a = href=3D"http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/opiliones2.JPG">http://www.kin= gsnake.com/westindian/opiliones2.JPG</a></div><div><br></div><div>And = ofcraneflies:</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/diptera/nematocera/ti= pulidae/sp-3mf.jpg">http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/diptera/n= ematocera/tipulidae/sp-3mf.jpg</a></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/images/yamfly.jpg">http://= www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/images/yamfly.jpg</a></div><div><br></div= ><div>For a comparison between a couple of species.</div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div><div><span class=3D"484301214-21052008"><font = face=3D"Arial" color=3D"#0000ff" size=3D"2"> Interesting that = "wireworms" are beetle larvae, not worms. My new fact for = the day! One is always = learning!</font></span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Absolu= tely! More fun facts are that June bugs are not "bugs" but beetles = (scarab beetles, to whit); fireflies are not "flies" but beetles; lady = bugs are not "bugs" but beetles; and the proverbial "spanish fly" is not = made from "flies" but from beetles (from<i> Lytta vesicatoria</i>, = a species in the blister beetle family, Meloidae). Live and learn! = :-></div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_fly">http://en.wikipedia.org/= wiki/Spanish_fly</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div>= <div>Chris</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div> <div><font face=3D"Arial"><font = color=3D"#0000ff"><font size=3D"2">I<span class=3D"484301214-21052008">'ll= have to brush up on my insect = terminology!</span></font></font></font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial"><font color=3D"#0000ff"><font size=3D"2"><span = class=3D"484301214-21052008"></span><span class=3D"484301214-21052008">Ken= MacAulay</span></font></font></font></div> <div><font = face=3D"Arial"><font color=3D"#0000ff"><font size=3D"2"><span = class=3D"484301214-21052008">Port Mouton, = NS</span></font></font></font></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Christopher = Majka</div><div>Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova = Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto