Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21025 posts, RR: 60 Reply 1, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 19744 times:
Doesn't look like a Daddy Long Legs to me, since it has wings and a long body.
In the USA, Daddy Long Legs's are spider like bugs with tiny round bodies and six very long legs. Walks like a spider, looks like a spider, but it's not an arachnid.
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
ATLAaron From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 1018 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 19603 times:
Yes definitely not the same thing we call "Daddy Longlegs" in the US.
2H4 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8950 posts, RR: 62 Reply 4, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 19611 times:
Alitalia744 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 4656 posts, RR: 45 Reply 6, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 19592 times:
Noelg From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 19511 times:
There are three insects known as "Daddy Long Legs" around the world. In the UK it is the Crane Fly, with wings. In the US it is like a spider, as Alitalia744 stated.
There is another type but I can't remember what it's called!
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21025 posts, RR: 60 Reply 9, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 19401 times:
Quoting 2H4 (Reply 4): Interesting. What is it, then?
See below.
Quoting RJ111 (Reply 8): It is an arachnid, just not a spider.
I got it backwards. Not a spider, but is an arachnid. Doesn't spin webs or make silk, AFAIK.
Then of course, there's the one that IS a spider...
But most USA citizens know the one that looks like a spider but isn't a spider...
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
ATLAaron From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 1018 posts, RR: 4 Reply 11, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 19311 times:
474218 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 6340 posts, RR: 10 Reply 13, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 19076 times:
He is not between the window panes. He is between the inner pane and the scratch shield that is part of the side wall panel. He could just crawl up the inside of the side wall.
Skibum9 From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 1229 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 18958 times:
Must be a sequel to "Snakes on a Plane" called "Arachnids in the Air!"
Centrair From Japan, joined Jan 2005, 3597 posts, RR: 21 Reply 15, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 17974 times:
Maybe this beast was going on vacation or visiting a long lost relative. Did it get off when you landed? Even though it has wings, it must hvae wanted to go someplace quickly.
Yes...I am not a KIX fan. Let's Japanese Aviation!
Halophila From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 623 posts, RR: 2 Reply 16, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 17935 times:
LOL. Best I've seen was a 2" cocroach between shield and window on a TACV ATR 42. But I have to say that one takes the cake! Now imagine if there was a huntsman spider or something. I wouldn't be able to sit next to that...
Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4535 posts, RR: 26 Reply 18, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 16556 times:
Quoting Ikramerica (Reply 9): But most USA citizens know the one that looks like a spider but isn't a spider...
Interesting. Out here in California, the only "Daddy Long Legs" I have ever known about is the one that IS a spider. Learn something new everyday...
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Of course he used his Cricket Card at Bug Busy International Travel Enterprise Service. (The Insect and Arachnid world doesn't have online shopping yet...just a little outdated)
Yes...I am not a KIX fan. Let's Japanese Aviation!
PHKLM From Northern Mariana Islands, joined Dec 2005, 1198 posts, RR: 3 Reply 23, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 15506 times:
He's trying to get Platinum before the end of the year.
Or is he dead-heading, quite literally
I think FR would have charged the passenger sitting in the window seat an excess baggage charge, €3 for priority boarding of the daddy long legs, €3 for non-disclosure of an accompanying pet, €3 for not checking-in the pet on line or at the airport and, no, the daddy long legs (or whatever) is not getting a free cup of coffee. He did not pay for his fare.
Just imagine if someone scared of spiders was sitting in the seat, suddenly saw the daddy long legs when the plane was airborne and let out a piercing scream. Other passengers would probably think the plane might be under threat and scream too. The armed sky marshall would jump into action, the captain might make an emergency landing, and the Bush and Blair Governments would be referring to "Weapons of Mass Destruction" found on the aircraft after the daddy long legs is removed.
MOL on SRB's latest attack at BA: "It's like a little Chihuahua barking at a dying Labrador. Nobody cares."
25 Qantas737: The Daddy Long Legs that is a spider is the one that we find in Australia. Correct me if Im wrong, but it sure isnt either of those two from above and
26 Silver1SWA: That is the "daddy long legs" spider I am familiar with.
27 Nighthawk: They do, but noone uses the internet, as its still full of bugs....
28 Speedbirdie: Erm ok, let me be sensible here!! Ive always been told bugs get through the air conditioning system and get sucked through, die on the way and end up
29 Justplanecrazy: He's just migrating for the winter he will be on the return flight in a few months.Lots of insects do this to save time and effort.He's like me he pre
30 Nighthawk: Insects clearly prefer EasyJet as the OP has reported....
33 EMA747: Quite a funny post to read,something a bit different. Made me laugh anyway.
34 53Sqdn: Bloody funny BCAL. Thanks for making my day
35 53Sqdn: Just as an aside, I thought I saw it holding some sort of weapon. Maybe, it's not an Arachnid but, it could possibly be an Iraqnid?
36 BA767s: I've flown on that a/c a number of times. A few of our a/c have them in the windows its not just U2 as speedbirdie said! Theres a big moth called stel
37 BCAL: And there is a really old turtle that can be found in one of BD's aircraft nicknamed 'Bishop' by BD crews and passengers. He can never make his mind
38 Monteycarlos: Don't tell Village Roadshow that... They'll do it. Trust me.
39 Bongo: Whatever it is, I´ve seen many insects inside an airplane window...I think the question here is how did this whatever animal entered there ?
40 Lostmoon744: Just conjecture now: perhaps it started in there as a larvae or egg, or started near the window. Being tiny as it was, it may have crawled in there a
41 Justplanecrazy: you mean we should be discussing how it got past security.I would say it was sneaky somehow.
42 Tom in NO: I'm guessing a call to Orkin Pest Control was out of the question..... Tom at MSY
43 Concentriq: Speaking of daddy long legs: This is a funny one here: http://cracker.com.au/viewthread.aspx?threadid=97119&categoryid=11081
44 474218: You should have told your seat mate; "if you wanted to take your pet with you on holiday, it should have been caged and in transported in the cargo c
45 Sovietjet: Was this alive during the flight or was it just sitting there dead?
46 Gh123: It is not an arachnid - it has six legs which therefore makes it an INSECT! Plenty of ANORAK-NIDS on A-Net though!
50 Silver1SWA: Cadet57, There are three different "daddy long legs" being discussed in this thread. One is an insect, one is an arachnid but not a spider, and final
51 Cadet57: This is too confusing... When did there become a third? My mistake... I thought the non spider daddy long legs and the harvestman were both arachnid.
53 Pygmalion: Bugs and other things get between the inner scratch pane and the outer 2 structural panes during maintenance. The inner pane and the window trim gaske
54 Cumulus: No, he wasn't dead - he was just high!
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