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Jezz_S13
30-04-2003, 19:16
i kmow this looks like an ant to some of the members that live in odd places where spiders bite your arse when on the bog etc, but to us UK folk it's a bit odd.

Last week we had 2 newts and a snake in the garden (little baby snake was really cute), today missus went to dump some stuff in the dustbin and found this...

WTF is it?

http://bagpuss.swan.ac.uk/beetle/beetle1.jpg

http://bagpuss.swan.ac.uk/beetle/beetle2.jpg

http://bagpuss.swan.ac.uk/beetle/beetle3.jpg

http://bagpuss.swan.ac.uk/beetle/beetle4.jpg

http://bagpuss.swan.ac.uk/beetle/beetle5.jpg
Ninja
30-04-2003, 19:27
it`s not one of those nasty evil Maybugs is it?
Jezz_S13
30-04-2003, 19:45
I dunno, what do they do?
MattyGee
30-04-2003, 19:53
it has more than 4 legs therefore kill it :D (i HATE bugs and spiders, they are evil looking and all need to die now ! )
Jezz_S13
30-04-2003, 20:09
yup it looks like it's a may bug. Not as nasty as it could be.

http://www2002.stoke.gov.uk/museums/pmag/nathist/enquiries/cockchafer.htm
wangan jimmy
30-04-2003, 20:48
AAAARRRRGGGGGGHHH!!!!
Run for the hills
THE MARTIANS HAVE LANDED !!!!!!!








:D
Wak
30-04-2003, 21:47
Cockchafer? I thought that was a term used to describe a person who wears corduroy trousers and no underwear
Mbowler
30-04-2003, 21:52
PMSL!

:D :D :D

cockchafer!


:D :D :D
Jezz_S13
30-04-2003, 22:02
LOL. :)

I can post it to one of you if you want to see if it's true. :D:D
Bubble
30-04-2003, 22:14
We MOT'd a new Beetle this afternoon, that was weird:(

Oh. I see not that kind of Beetle:confused:

Was bloomin weird though, don't know why any one would buy one:confused: ;) :D
Ninja
30-04-2003, 22:17
They are harmless to humans as they neither sting nor bite.

BOLLOCKS!!!! they are nasty buggers that take pleasure in divebombing people, i was at a festival once and there was loads of them there, everywhere you looked you could see people ducking and running:eek:
Jezz_S13
30-04-2003, 22:21
Look you lot stop being stupid, if no body wants it I'll let it go tomorrow.
Phil L
30-04-2003, 22:31
eeuuuwwww, no thanks for me...

nice marigolds tho...didn't know you can get them in blue...I quite like the standard yell....errr, er hemmm...nevermind :o :D
Leon
01-05-2003, 09:58
IT looks totally bloody useless... at least with somethings you can spot its purpose...
Nicely
01-05-2003, 10:44
They have a nice habit of appearing out of the ground (in May) and flying up your trousers, into your face and hair. :eek:
Mark
01-05-2003, 11:55
They only live for one day. the lava develop under ground (white grub like thing) and they come out the ground at dusk normally between end of may and end of june. like to buzz round trees and come down chimneys :mad: Are sticky as well like velcro and get firmly attached in hair :eek:
Jezz_S13
01-05-2003, 11:59
I think they come out in May Mark.
You are thinking of the JuneBug. :):D

it was sticky though, missus couldn't get it off her finger,m hence why she took the glove off a-la piccies.
Phil L
01-05-2003, 13:25
Originally posted by Jezz_S13
it was sticky though, missus couldn't get it off her finger,m hence why she took the glove off a-la piccies.

are you talking about something else...:confused: ;)
Jezz_S13
01-05-2003, 14:11
erm, ah, no deffo the bug.
docwra
01-05-2003, 14:12
Cockchafes - proper tennis racket and wild thrashing material when they all appear. They are like flying cockroaches ..........
When the inevitable occasion of their plague like appearance happens, try the following:
Gather bunch of mates
Get pissed
Proceed to punch the cockchafes out of the sky - well funny - they get knocked out and everything :D
BanjoMaster
01-05-2003, 14:27
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jezz_S13
little baby snake was really cuteQUOTE]

You what!? How can a snake be cute? If you took all the snakes in the world and stuck them in a pile, they would all start to stick together, Transformer-like, and would eventually build The Devil Himself.
Jezz_S13
01-05-2003, 14:44
was really cute. abotu 7-8 inches long about 6-8mm round and a cute little tounge. Totally harmless I'm sure.

I should have taken a picture.
Billy
01-05-2003, 14:58
Originally posted by Jezz_S13

You are thinking of the JuneBug. :):D

Yeah, based on a shortened beetle floorpan etc....

:D:D:D
Jezz_S13
01-05-2003, 15:54
LOL :D:D:D:D:D:D Infact, PMSL :D:D:D:D
AshT_200
01-05-2003, 16:37
Originally posted by Jezz_S13
was really cute. abotu 7-8 inches long about 6-8mm round and a cute little tounge. Totally harmless I'm sure.

I should have taken a picture.

Sounds like a Boomslang ;)
Jezz_S13
01-05-2003, 17:40
erm well it didn't kill me, perhaps it appreicated being rescued and deposited back up the wood behind our house.
Chris_thedr
01-05-2003, 17:53
We have the same sort of bugs here :)

Except ours have shiny(oily-ish) backs/wings/thingys and come out in December. We call them christmas beetles (cos that's when they come out)

If you don't want it you can send it to me ;)

*edit* - just re-read your post and I see I'm too late :(
Nicely
01-05-2003, 18:55
Christmas Beetles are sweet compared to May Bugs! Believe me, mate, I know! :rolleyes:
Chris_thedr
01-05-2003, 18:58
Originally posted by Nicely
Believe me, mate, I know! :rolleyes:

...then I'm glad I don't!

And in that case, I don't want it anymore :D
Nicely
01-05-2003, 19:00
lol :D Fair enough...you've got red backs :eek: