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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?
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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capital bee?
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You in the south of England Mr E
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South West.
I've just tweeted a few pics - @pbaines86 if you want to check it out. |
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Nigel farage
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Looks like a Asian Hornet which is bigger than our narmal stuf.
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Never seen anything like that...
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Cheers Crags.
Very weird looking thing isn't it? |
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google images of asian hornets - quite a variety and that could be one.
Were known to be in Europe. |
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I've shut my window btw.
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i think it might be ac o c k c h a f e r |
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http://bit.ly/1xkLWDM
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Crikey great work that's him!
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Cockchafer ffs what a name!
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https://youtu.be/NxaWYNV7kKU
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Great vid crags, fantastic insect.
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good vid, follow on one's good too
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Can't believe you guys have never seen a may bug before, there's loads of them around here.
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I've never seen or heard of it tbh. Horrible looking thing.
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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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Cockchafers larva live in the soil for 3 years before pupating into the adult beetle.
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At this moment it's a UFI
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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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cockchafer in your bedroom
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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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brendanuk1 22 May 15 11:01
cockchafer in your bedroom Aren't you a bit old for juvenile s****ing ?  |
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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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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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thought the missus had a cockatoo up there?
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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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A novel way of carrying your golf bag, Mr E.
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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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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. |