12 февр. 2023 г. · The phrase was originally used in the UK in the early 19th century for crane flies, which are spindly long legged things. It later got used for ...

31 мая 2023 г. · Daddy longlegs belong to the family Opiliones which includes several different species. The name daddy longlegs comes from their small form and long legs.

12 июл. 2024 г. · "Daddy Longlegs" aren't actually one creature, but multiple creatures that share a nickname because of how similar they look at a glance.

29 апр. 2024 г. · The reasonable guess is that it comes an old European folk saying. A name for a benefactor was daddy or granddaddy long legs.

24 сент. 2024 г. · The "long legs" part obviously correlates to their long legs, but the "daddy" is more uncertain. One theory, which I actually quite like, says ...

19 февр. 2023 г. · The term is used to refer to Crane Flies in some regions, so 2 arachnids and an insect.

30 авг. 2024 г. · They have long, thin legs compared to their bodies, which is why they're called “daddy long legs.”.

9 апр. 2024 г. · Where I'm from, East Coast US, “daddy long legs” has always meant harvestman. “Daddy long legs” is a colloquial name and means different things ...

28 мая 2021 г. · They are in the US. The confusion might be because in the UK “Daddy Longlegs” are the name given to a crane fly, a rather strange looking fly ...

23 апр. 2023 г. · Others use it to refer to Pholcidae, a genus of spiders that tend to have long legs and small bodies, living in webs in homes. I think there are ...