Why daddy long legs are currently invading your home - and why you shouldn't kill them

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If you've spotted some unwelcome creatures in your home in recent weeks, you're not alone. Spider season has crept back around - just like the long-legged insects you find in your property.

Daddy long legs, also known as crane flies, might give people a scare, but experts are warning that you shouldn't kill them.

Karl Curtis, director of reserves and community engagement at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, previously told CoventryLive that they normally emerge in warmer weather, something we have seen of late. "They are out this time of year because basically, they are hatching out of our lawns and various places - they live a lot of their lives underground as a grub, as a larva, and then what they do is they hatch out over the summer," he said. "Probably now is the last throw of the dice, and what they do is they come out and looking to mate, lay eggs back into vegetation and then they die off." Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. As the weeks wear on, many of us will be dealing with the pesky creatures - but we shouldn't kill them.

Instead, the good old 'glass and piece of paper' method can be used to humanely put them back outside. While trying to catch them in the glass, guide them towards light before releasing them into the garden.