Were also called mosquito hawks or mosquito eaters in Southern California. Looking back, grandparents were actually from Oklahoma, so I now have no idea if it was regional or just us. Daddy Long Legs are Cellar Spiders here though. For sure.

California raised, but my father who taught me the name mosquito eater was Southern.

I don’t want to hear any evidence that it’s not completely factual. In my worldview it’s real.