On 13/10/2019 17:32, Chris Hogg wrote:
I think daddy-longlegs is a name given to more than one type of
spider. What I call a daddy-longlegs is also called a harvestman, is
one of the Opiliones and they are not true spiders, apparently,
whereas I think VC was talking about Pholcus phalangioides.
Seehttp://tinyurl.com/y22usxfo andhttp://tinyurl.com/y54948w7

Our cats used to eat the big hairy spiders that come into the house in
Autumn.

Indeed so.

When I was a kid a daddy long legs was a cranefly

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/other-garden-wildlife/insects-and-other-invertebrates/flies/cranefly/
AKA
http://tinyurl.com/y2jxpr5n

One of the Tipulidae apparently... And there larvae of course are
leatherjackets which can be a real garden pest.

Andy