In article , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
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from June Hughes contains these words:

I always thought crane flies were daddy-long-legs but am willing to
stand corrected. Why are they foes?

Crane fly = daddy-longlegs.

Sounds more like a leatherjacket to me, and I thought they were foes.

Well, I think the accepted meaning of leatherjacket is the lava of the
crane-fly, but in my circle the pupa has always been known as that.

Oh, I'm so glad you said that! I was beginning to think that my father
and I were the only ones out of step ;-)

Howsomedever, I think it'll become a crane fly/ddy-ll)


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Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"