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We call them "Schneider" (tailor) in Germany. Or at least some creature looking similar to this one.
Another name: Weberknechte, weaver's servant/slave/minion (think a person who lives and works and belongs/'belongs' to a farm)
That took me down the rabbithole of Wikipedia, cause I could swear that Schneiders were big flying insects in my childhood. Turns out there is a whole bunch of confusion in naming going on, and not just in german. Daddy long legs (I guess what the meme plays on) can be an arachnid or an insect depending on whom you ask
Ah, right... I forgot the flying things. Yes, for some reason they're also called Schneider
The one with the wings is clearly a "Häbbergas".
Never heard anyone calling that a Schneider in northern Germany. It's popularly called Oma Langbein (or the official term Weberknecht) in my area. Though Wikipedia doesn't know the Oma, only Opa.
I live in the Niederrhein region and never heard the Oma/Opa Langbein term before :)