In message , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
The message
from Kay contains these words:

It's what I've always known as a leather-jacket. larva or chrysalis of
something.

Crane fly.

Foe.

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

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

In message , June Hughes
writes
In message , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
The message
from Kay contains these words:

It's what I've always known as a leather-jacket. larva or chrysalis of
something.

Crane fly.

Foe.

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

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

Leather-jackets are the immature form of crane fly
But these beasties certainly seem to be the chrysalis of some sort of
moth. I don't think I could identify which one even after it has hatched
:-( There are so many and they are so similar
--
Sue Begg
Remove my clothes to reply

Do not mess in the affairs of dragons - for
you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

* * *

Chrysalis it seems to be - but I'll probably never know for sure, as it's probably hatched out and made off by now!

Thanks, everybody, for all your help and suggestions. It's nice to know that I don't have an infestation of rare horrifying plant munchers...now all I have to do is worry about the extremely common plant munchers...

The message
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.

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

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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In article , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
The message
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)


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