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Post by bathstoke on Sept 3, 2019 12:33:07 GMT
Anyone notice how much more common they are nowadays.
When I was a kid they seemed quite rare & I hardly ever saw them despite being out all day.
Now see them often.
Even had one in the house the other day.
£@#&!n $#!t myself, thought it was a pterodactyl!
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Post by musik on Sept 3, 2019 12:43:11 GMT
Anyone notice how much more common they are nowadays. When I was a kid they seemed quite rare & I hardly ever saw them despite being out all day. Now see them often. Even had one in the house the other day. £@#&!n $#!t myself, thought it was a pterodactyl! I haven' seen one here for +40 years. But we have a lot of daddy-longlegs these days.
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Post by marylandstoke on Sept 3, 2019 12:50:55 GMT
Definitely seen more this year than I can ever remember. Some over here are quite spectacular.
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Post by felonious on Sept 3, 2019 17:22:20 GMT
Must be global warming although I remember seeing them all the time when I was a kid but then again I was always out fishing It's the hummingbird hawkmoths moving north which are truly impressive. I've started leaving their favourite weed alone the last couple of years
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Post by trickydicky73 on Sept 3, 2019 17:35:24 GMT
Anyone notice how much more common they are nowadays. When I was a kid they seemed quite rare & I hardly ever saw them despite being out all day. Now see them often. Even had one in the house the other day. £@#&!n $#!t myself, thought it was a pterodactyl! I hate insects, mate. I was watching Hacksaw Ridge the other night and a massive spider scuttled across the floor. They always pick their moments! 😁
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Sept 3, 2019 17:50:54 GMT
Anyone notice how much more common they are nowadays. When I was a kid they seemed quite rare & I hardly ever saw them despite being out all day. Now see them often. Even had one in the house the other day. £@#&!n $#!t myself, thought it was a pterodactyl! I hate insects, mate. I was watching Hacksaw Ridge the other night and a massive spider scuttled across the floor. They always pick their moments! 😁 A spider's an arachnid, mate.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Sept 3, 2019 17:53:27 GMT
I hate insects, mate. I was watching Hacksaw Ridge the other night and a massive spider scuttled across the floor. They always pick their moments! 😁 A spider's an arachnid, mate. Ha ha, I knew someone would pull me up on that! 😁 It was bastard huge, I know that!
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Sept 3, 2019 17:54:48 GMT
A spider's an arachnid, mate. Ha ha, I knew someone would pull me up on that! 😁 It was bastard huge, I know that! I fucking hate them too!
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Post by bathstoke on Sept 3, 2019 18:53:22 GMT
I hate insects, mate. I was watching Hacksaw Ridge the other night and a massive spider scuttled across the floor. They always pick their moments! 😁 A spider's an arachnid, mate. So are 🦀& 🦞
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Post by Timmypotter on Sept 3, 2019 19:02:56 GMT
Must be global warming although I remember seeing them all the time when I was a kid but then again I was always out fishing It's the hummingbird hawkmoths moving north which are truly impressive. I've started leaving their favourite weed alone the last couple of years There were a few hummingbird moths that would visit the window box by the kitchen sink at the gite we've just come back from. They actually had me volunteering to do the washing up. Magnificent beasts.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2019 19:13:04 GMT
We had the biggest wasp type creature I've ever seen in our bedroom last week. It was fucking huge, it was crawling on the floor so I ran downstairs to get my phone and a can of Raid, when I got back upstairs it took off, it took ages to get off the floor and started heading towards me so I blasted the fucker with Raid and it flew back and out of the window. I went outside to see if it has dropped on the drive but couldnt find it, I was well pissed off because I wanted to get a photo of it as I can't explain how big it was.
Looked it up on Google and it looks like it was probably a Hornet Queen, I still can't believe how big the fucking thing was.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2019 21:30:34 GMT
Anyone notice how much more common they are nowadays. When I was a kid they seemed quite rare & I hardly ever saw them despite being out all day. Now see them often. Even had one in the house the other day. £@#&!n $#!t myself, thought it was a pterodactyl! I hate insects, mate. I was watching Hacksaw Ridge the other night and a massive spider scuttled across the floor. They always pick their moments! 😁 Good film that, enjoyed it
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Post by trickydicky73 on Sept 3, 2019 21:31:52 GMT
I hate insects, mate. I was watching Hacksaw Ridge the other night and a massive spider scuttled across the floor. They always pick their moments! 😁 Good film that, enjoyed it Brilliant, Rob. I know it's been out ages, but I hadn't seen it.
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Post by woodstein on Sept 3, 2019 22:02:02 GMT
Dragonflies usually seen over water more often.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2019 22:04:13 GMT
Must be global warming although I remember seeing them all the time when I was a kid but then again I was always out fishing It's the hummingbird hawkmoths moving north which are truly impressive. I've started leaving their favourite weed alone the last couple of years Absolutely love the hummingbirdmoths real things of beauty! As for the dragonflies - I counted 16 in the Holyrood carpark in Norfolk red blue and brown they were! (Also got a sea swim in and snuck up on a bunch of shags)
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Post by marylandstoke on Sept 3, 2019 22:56:06 GMT
Must be global warming although I remember seeing them all the time when I was a kid but then again I was always out fishing It's the hummingbird hawkmoths moving north which are truly impressive. I've started leaving their favourite weed alone the last couple of years Which is their favorite weed Fel? My neighbor has some sticky Hawaiian that he swears by 👍
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Post by felonious on Sept 4, 2019 1:39:58 GMT
Must be global warming although I remember seeing them all the time when I was a kid but then again I was always out fishing It's the hummingbird hawkmoths moving north which are truly impressive. I've started leaving their favourite weed alone the last couple of years Which is their favorite weed Fel? My neighbor has some sticky Hawaiian that he swears by 👍 I would have to say Red Valerian here. It seems to spring up everywhere in the garden just like evening primrose. Although I'm reluctant to get rid of either because the plants are so beautiful I used to pull them up in the pathways but the hawkmoths just love them. On looking up this seems to be their list of UK favourites....red valerian, honeysuckle, jasmine, Buddleia, lilac, Escallonia, petunia and phlox . www.rhs.org.uk/plants/93739/Centranthus-ruber/Details
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Post by bathstoke on Sept 4, 2019 6:08:58 GMT
Must be global warming although I remember seeing them all the time when I was a kid but then again I was always out fishing It's the hummingbird hawkmoths moving north which are truly impressive. I've started leaving their favourite weed alone the last couple of years Absolutely love the hummingbirdmoths real things of beauty! As for the dragonflies - I counted 16 in the Holyrood carpark in Norfolk red blue and brown they were! (Also got a sea swim in and snuck up on a bunch of shags) Is that a nudist beach, dirty £@#&ers!
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Post by Northy on Sept 4, 2019 7:48:35 GMT
Anyone notice how much more common they are nowadays. When I was a kid they seemed quite rare & I hardly ever saw them despite being out all day. Now see them often. Even had one in the house the other day. £@#&!n $#!t myself, thought it was a pterodactyl! I hate insects, mate. I was watching Hacksaw Ridge the other night and a massive spider scuttled across the floor. They always pick their moments! 😁 House spider mating season, they are just looking for a lovely lady somewhere in your house.
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Post by Northy on Sept 4, 2019 7:53:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2019 8:28:30 GMT
Absolutely love the hummingbirdmoths real things of beauty! As for the dragonflies - I counted 16 in the Holyrood carpark in Norfolk red blue and brown they were! (Also got a sea swim in and snuck up on a bunch of shags) Is that a nudist beach, dirty £@#&ers! Turned it into one innit 🌝
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Post by murphthesurf on Sept 4, 2019 21:03:01 GMT
Anyone notice how much more common they are nowadays. When I was a kid they seemed quite rare & I hardly ever saw them despite being out all day. Now see them often. Even had one in the house the other day. £@#&!n $#!t myself, thought it was a pterodactyl! I remember seeing a whopping great big bluddy huge enormous gigantic one in the garden a few years ago up near where the bird tables are..... it was an Emperor Dragonfly - he was all emerald green and sort-of sparkly and about five feet long and tough looking with it. I screamed to him 'it's all yours, mate', over my shoulder as I was scarpering inside pronto.
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Post by murphthesurf on Sept 6, 2019 12:00:46 GMT
I hate insects, mate. I was watching Hacksaw Ridge the other night and a massive spider scuttled across the floor. They always pick their moments! 😁 House spider mating season, they are just looking for a lovely lady somewhere in your house. Yep, it's always the same, Northy --- on the warmish Aug/Sept evenings when you're sitting there watching TV or reading and they're so big that out of the corner of your eye you see a gigantic one scuttle across the carpet. CUE: SCREAM THE PLACE DOWN.
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Post by murphthesurf on Sept 6, 2019 12:27:57 GMT
Must be global warming although I remember seeing them all the time when I was a kid but then again I was always out fishing It's the hummingbird hawkmoths moving north which are truly impressive. I've started leaving their favourite weed alone the last couple of years There were a few hummingbird moths that would visit the window box by the kitchen sink at the gite we've just come back from. They actually had me volunteering to do the washing up. Magnificent beasts. You're a whole lot braver than I am, Timbo and Fel --- I'm terrified of moths. And I mean TERRIFIED. I was in the garden one summer afternoon a few years ago (and it was such a shock and horrendous experience that it's STILL 100% clear in my mind) - pootling about, clearing the odd fallen leaves off things here and there and sweeping them up, and picked a very large brownish-grey ragged leaf off something - I shook my fingers to shake it off, but no matter how hard I shook them it stuck to my fingers - so then I looked at it closely and to my horror suddenly realised that it was a moth - but the biggest moth I've ever seen, with a wingspan of at least three inches - I screamed the place down, finally managed to shake it off and then did the four-minute mile back to the house in 3 minutes 59.3 seconds..... I remember later finding out that it was a Poplar Hawk Moth: ukmoths.org.uk/species/laothoe-populi
Still shudder to think of it. It was HUGE.
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Post by bathstoke on Sept 6, 2019 12:37:41 GMT
There were a few hummingbird moths that would visit the window box by the kitchen sink at the gite we've just come back from. They actually had me volunteering to do the washing up. Magnificent beasts. You're a whole lot braver than I am, Timbo and Fel --- I'm terrified of moths. And I mean TERRIFIED. I was in the garden one summer afternoon a few years ago (and it was such a shock and horrendous experience that it's STILL 100% clear in my mind) - pootling about, clearing the odd fallen leaves off things here and there and sweeping them up, and picked a very large brownish-grey ragged leaf off something - I shook my fingers to shake it off, but no matter how hard I shook them it stuck to my fingers - so then I looked at it closely and to my horror suddenly realised that it was a moth - but the biggest moth I've ever seen, with a wingspan of at least three inches - I screamed the place down, finally managed to shake it off and then did the four-minute mile back to the house in 3 minutes 59.3 seconds..... I remember later finding out that it was a Poplar Hawk Moth: ukmoths.org.uk/species/laothoe-populi
Still shudder to think of it. It was HUGE. Just a question Murph, other than gin, is there anything you’re not scared of...
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Post by trickydicky73 on Sept 6, 2019 13:05:24 GMT
There were a few hummingbird moths that would visit the window box by the kitchen sink at the gite we've just come back from. They actually had me volunteering to do the washing up. Magnificent beasts. You're a whole lot braver than I am, Timbo and Fel --- I'm terrified of moths. And I mean TERRIFIED. I was in the garden one summer afternoon a few years ago (and it was such a shock and horrendous experience that it's STILL 100% clear in my mind) - pootling about, clearing the odd fallen leaves off things here and there and sweeping them up, and picked a very large brownish-grey ragged leaf off something - I shook my fingers to shake it off, but no matter how hard I shook them it stuck to my fingers - so then I looked at it closely and to my horror suddenly realised that it was a moth - but the biggest moth I've ever seen, with a wingspan of at least three inches - I screamed the place down, finally managed to shake it off and then did the four-minute mile back to the house in 3 minutes 59.3 seconds..... I remember later finding out that it was a Poplar Hawk Moth: ukmoths.org.uk/species/laothoe-populi
Still shudder to think of it. It was HUGE. Fucking vile bastard.
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Post by murphthesurf on Sept 6, 2019 13:08:15 GMT
You're a whole lot braver than I am, Timbo and Fel --- I'm terrified of moths. And I mean TERRIFIED. I was in the garden one summer afternoon a few years ago (and it was such a shock and horrendous experience that it's STILL 100% clear in my mind) - pootling about, clearing the odd fallen leaves off things here and there and sweeping them up, and picked a very large brownish-grey ragged leaf off something - I shook my fingers to shake it off, but no matter how hard I shook them it stuck to my fingers - so then I looked at it closely and to my horror suddenly realised that it was a moth - but the biggest moth I've ever seen, with a wingspan of at least three inches - I screamed the place down, finally managed to shake it off and then did the four-minute mile back to the house in 3 minutes 59.3 seconds..... I remember later finding out that it was a Poplar Hawk Moth: ukmoths.org.uk/species/laothoe-populi
Still shudder to think of it. It was HUGE. Just a question Murph, other than gin, is there anything you’re not scared of... Well, looking at it the other way up, so's to speak, Bathy, I'm mostly scared of creepy crawlies, that's it, really. (Well, what do you expect, from a GIIIIIRRRRRRLLLLLL....... ) Although I'm not too keen on sailing over a load of deep water, eg. the Atlantic. And flying. And bats, not too keen on those, either, even the little ones. Had one batting about (ha! not intended) in the sittingroom one evening once. Screamed the place down then, as well. Posted about it on 'ere. Oh, and zombies and horror stuff. That's it, really. Apart from fennell. Not scared of it, but don't like it. Or coriander. Scared of dentists, though. Btw, you do know I'm off the sauce at present, n'est-ce-pas? Nothing more than a psychological thing, I know, but I just don't fancy it. Tesco's sales of fresh lemons have plummeted. Cooked anything interesting lately?
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Post by bathstoke on Sept 6, 2019 15:27:19 GMT
Just a question Murph, other than gin, is there anything you’re not scared of... Well, looking at it the other way up, so's to speak, Bathy, I'm mostly scared of creepy crawlies, that's it, really. (Well, what do you expect, from a giiiiiirrrrrrrrllllll....... ) Although I'm not too keen on sailing over a load of deep water, eg. the Atlantic. And flying. And bats, not too keen on those, either, even the little ones. Had one batting about (ha! not intended) in the sittingroom one evening once. Screamed the place down then, as well. Posted about it on 'ere. Oh, and zombies and horror stuff. That's it, really. Apart from fennell. Not scared of it, but don't like it. Or coriander. Scared of dentists, though. Btw, you do know I'm off the sauce at present, n'est-ce-pas? Nothing more than a psychological thing, I know, but I just don't fancy it. Tesco's sales of fresh lemons have plummeted. Cooked anything interesting lately? I’ve been teaching the eldest to cook over summer & have just made the kids Spanish omelette for tea... Good on the going dry thing👍🏻
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Post by felonious on Sept 6, 2019 17:35:04 GMT
There were a few hummingbird moths that would visit the window box by the kitchen sink at the gite we've just come back from. They actually had me volunteering to do the washing up. Magnificent beasts. You're a whole lot braver than I am, Timbo and Fel --- I'm terrified of moths. And I mean TERRIFIED. I was in the garden one summer afternoon a few years ago (and it was such a shock and horrendous experience that it's STILL 100% clear in my mind) - pootling about, clearing the odd fallen leaves off things here and there and sweeping them up, and picked a very large brownish-grey ragged leaf off something - I shook my fingers to shake it off, but no matter how hard I shook them it stuck to my fingers - so then I looked at it closely and to my horror suddenly realised that it was a moth - but the biggest moth I've ever seen, with a wingspan of at least three inches - I screamed the place down, finally managed to shake it off and then did the four-minute mile back to the house in 3 minutes 59.3 seconds..... I remember later finding out that it was a Poplar Hawk Moth: ukmoths.org.uk/species/laothoe-populi
Still shudder to think of it. It was HUGE. They are a thing of beauty.
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Post by murphthesurf on Sept 6, 2019 18:55:37 GMT
You're a whole lot braver than I am, Timbo and Fel --- I'm terrified of moths. And I mean TERRIFIED. I was in the garden one summer afternoon a few years ago (and it was such a shock and horrendous experience that it's STILL 100% clear in my mind) - pootling about, clearing the odd fallen leaves off things here and there and sweeping them up, and picked a very large brownish-grey ragged leaf off something - I shook my fingers to shake it off, but no matter how hard I shook them it stuck to my fingers - so then I looked at it closely and to my horror suddenly realised that it was a moth - but the biggest moth I've ever seen, with a wingspan of at least three inches - I screamed the place down, finally managed to shake it off and then did the four-minute mile back to the house in 3 minutes 59.3 seconds..... I remember later finding out that it was a Poplar Hawk Moth: ukmoths.org.uk/species/laothoe-populi
Still shudder to think of it. It was HUGE. They are a thing of beauty. Well this one wasn't! And it was enormous! And I picked it up! S C R E A M !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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