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Just had a very large flying insect in my room

Mr Eboue

22 May 15 00:48

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Left my bedroom window open and light on.

Came back to be greeted by a giant insect. Much, much bigger than a bee. Made a really loud buzzing noise.

Definitely not a hornet or a wasp either.

Any ideas?

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David Fishwick Minibus Sales When: 22 May 15 00:51

capital bee?

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akabula When: 22 May 15 00:52

You in the south of England Mr E

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Mr Eboue When: 22 May 15 00:56

South West.

I've just tweeted a few pics - @pbaines86 if you want to check it out.

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Capt__F When: 22 May 15 00:59

Nigel farage

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akabula When: 22 May 15 01:06

Looks like a Asian Hornet which is bigger than our narmal stuf.

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crags When: 22 May 15 01:06

Never seen anything like that...
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Mr Eboue When: 22 May 15 01:09

Cheers Crags.

Very weird looking thing isn't it?

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akabula When: 22 May 15 01:10

google images of asian hornets - quite a variety and that could be one.
Were known to be in Europe.

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akabula When: 22 May 15 01:11

I've shut my window btw.

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David Fishwick Minibus Sales When: 22 May 15 01:12

i think it might be a

c o c k c h a f e r

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David Fishwick Minibus Sales When: 22 May 15 01:16

http://bit.ly/1xkLWDM

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Mr Eboue When: 22 May 15 01:18

Crikey great work that's him!

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Mr Eboue When: 22 May 15 01:21

Cockchafer ffs what a name!

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crags When: 22 May 15 01:26

https://youtu.be/NxaWYNV7kKU

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boxingthefox When: 22 May 15 01:29

Great vid crags, fantastic insect.

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David Fishwick Minibus Sales When: 22 May 15 01:33

good vid, follow on one's good too

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Pokermonster When: 22 May 15 01:34

Can't believe you guys have never seen a may bug before, there's loads of them around here.

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akabula When: 22 May 15 01:37

I've never seen or heard of it tbh. Horrible looking thing.

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Pokermonster When: 22 May 15 01:44

In America they get called June Bugs. "As jittery as a June Bug" is a common way to describe a nervous person.

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Facts When: 22 May 15 02:37

Cockchafers larva live in the soil for 3 years before pupating into the adult beetle.

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Aunty Post When: 22 May 15 10:31

At this moment it's a UFI

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Mikael D'Haguenet When: 22 May 15 10:56

Pokermonster 22 May 15 01:44
In America they get called June Bugs. "As jittery as a June Bug" is a common way to describe a nervous person.

I've heard of them but, because of the Yank accent, I genuinely thought they were called 'dune' bugs.

I've never seen a May bug either, but the wiki link that Fishy posted shows a picture of one in Yorkshire, so they're not just a southern thing.

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brendanuk1 When: 22 May 15 11:01

cockchafer in your bedroom

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Foinavon When: 22 May 15 11:29

Apparently, they are quite delicious roasted and served on a bed of fresh young dandelion leaves.
Waiting for them to appear on the "What's for lunch" thread.

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Facts When: 23 May 15 08:59

brendanuk1 22 May 15 11:01
cockchafer in your bedroom

Aren't you a bit old for juvenile s****ing ?

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treble When: 23 May 15 13:04

I woke up to find a huge tabby cat in my room this morning.

Seriously, I had my window open, so it's gone up on the conservatory roof and jumped up through the window. Cheeky barsteward.

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Pokermonster When: 24 May 15 00:21

I can trump that one, Treble.

Several years ago my boxer dog came into the living room with a worried look upon his face and, once he'd got my attention, kept running to the foot of the stairs and staring up intently. Up I went to find a large parrot in my bedroom!

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David Fishwick Minibus Sales When: 24 May 15 00:32

thought the missus had a cockatoo up there?

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Mr Eboue When: 24 May 15 01:01

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thegiggilo When: 24 May 15 03:37

Never seen one till tonight either my daughter was filming it,strange looking things huge as well quite common apparently but I've never seen one on 40 years till tonight..

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guinness2dear When: 24 May 15 11:12

A novel way of carrying your golf bag, Mr E.

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Mikael D'Haguenet When: 24 May 15 15:03

Excellent Fishy

I've been put straight about my earlier confusion over June/dune bugs. I'm assured that they indeed say 'June' and that 'dune' is pronounced 'doon' - stupid Yanks!

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zorrostrikes When: 26 May 15 17:21

I left my window open one night years ago and a bat flew in - tried to catch it in a bin bag net i made. eventually cornered it and put on a pair of marigolds to grab it. Put it in a box and released it outside. Was a cute wee thing.

yours sounds like a big moth. I once saw one when i was about eight thought i'd found a rare white bee. can get very big.