Ok, this is all news to me.
Until now, "Daddy Long Legs" meant these:
or something like them.
Further info on the Brit version here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5386164.stm
ok, i find this hilarious. maybe cuz im a yank.
Different names for the Crane Fly:
"daddy longlegs, mosquito eaters, lollygaggers, gallinippers, gollywhoppers, doizabizzlers, chicken flies, mosquito hawks, leather jackets, Jimmy Spinners, skeeter eaters and flipadoodles."