Welcome to ATP, June! I think that is the problem with common names. I, too, was raised to call the "giant mosquito" things Daddy Long Legs and I was born in California (hmmm... maybe that is the issue??? 
). It wasn't until fairly recent that I learned that other people call those large spider-like guys by the same name. So, to me, a Daddy Long Legs is a harmless, flying critter that terrifies young children (at least they always frightened my kids until we explained that they were harmless - then, they were just "icky"). to ATP!
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