18 Feb '07 6:48 am We have those here and we call them Gollywhoppers...I generally leave them be as they EAT mosquitos Ive been told.
My cat likes to smack them when they are low enuf.
moosey
head gardener
Gollywhoppers
19 Feb '07 3:06 pm What a loooovely name - Gollywhopper! Do you know what it's derived from? I can't imagine!
cajunangi
distinguished helper
South Louisiana
19 Feb '07 5:10 pm I have no idea, but thats what everyone calls them that I know. lol I think its a term like GOLLY WHAT A WHOPPER!!
Faith S
Perpetually learning gardener
Alabama, USA
Gollywhoppers
20 Feb '07 5:07 am Well, the mystery is solved. I too grew up calling Crane flies Gollywhoppers. Probably just a regional thing. We Southerners can come up with some creative names for ordinary things.
cajunangi
distinguished helper
South Louisiana
20 Feb '07 5:15 am Boy have you got that right. I mean to tell ya, sometimes we call something by what we are told to and when someone says its correct name ...well you know how we react. LOL
Southerners I guess are pretty set in their roots...we have traditions that would make others go "huh???" but I digress...Im referring to us coonasses. I will have to post you some pix of some of the mardi gras pix. We are in full swing right now...then they go thru Lent where they say sorry for 2 weeks of debauchery. I will make sure the pix are family friendly...promise...hummm going to have to EDIT the photos...kidding!
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