Daddy longlegs

A Daddy-Long-Legs in the American sense = a Harvestman which is member of the Opiliones .

In the UK we use the term Daddy-Long-Legs to refer to the Crane-Fly such as Tipula Paludosa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly. Other names for this fly, common at this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere, are Jenny-Long-Legs (in Scotland), and Tommy-Spinner or Jimmy Spinner in parts of Yorkshire.

There is also the confusion caused by the "Garage Spider" Pholcus Phalangioides sometimes called the "Daddy-Long-Legs Spider".