Did not want to derail a previous topic that touched on Daddy Long legs so I started this one. It seems it is better to brush the Daddy Long Legs off than it is to squish them. Now, given a choice, I'll brush them off and let them go on about their business. They don't seem to hurt anything beyond being a little creepy feeling when they crawl on you. Not hardly worthy of a death sentence just for existing. However, through place and circumstance I have squished a few plumb flat over the years with no consequences, olfactory or otherwise. Is there something I'm missing?
We do have something we call a "Stink Bug". Usually found around dead rotting carcasses. Now if you squish them, you know it when you smell it, and you sure don't want to squish them with your hands! It's bad enough when you step on them.
What's the story on the Daddy Long Legs? And what else is out there that is creepy crawly and best not squished? I know about the Wasps, Hornets, Yellow jackets and other flying demons of pain but are there other things I don't know about? Types of ants, moths, butterflys, etc.?