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CT
22-04-2006, 21:12
It's a crap shot cos he was racing around and wouldn't keep still, but does anyone know what it is? :confused:

http://www.tpfgallery.com/gallery2/d/13500-1/Bug.jpg
Warspite
22-04-2006, 21:15
Looks like an Aphid but Im probably wrong.
KenCo
22-04-2006, 21:28
Not a weevil is it?
Gandhi
22-04-2006, 21:31
A leaf-shield bug. They're the things that are growing in the bits of 'cuckoo spit' you see in hedgerows, IIRC
CT
22-04-2006, 21:32
I don't think it's an Aphid, he's quite big -close on half an inch long - a beetle of some sort I'd have thought. I've scoured Google but can't find any hint of his lineage. :)

I tried to get him still in a corner and he was reared up on his hind legs in "If you think you're 'ard enough" mode. :D
Steve
22-04-2006, 21:33
It's not very nice whatever it is :eek1:

Where was it CT?
CT
22-04-2006, 21:34
A weritable fount of knowledge you are Spencer! I just confirmed the accuracy of your identification on Google.

Thank you. :cool:
CT
22-04-2006, 21:37
It's not very nice whatever it is :eek1:

Where was it CT?

It was on the kitchen window ledge... came in from the garden. I wonder if it's him who's chewing bits out of the plants? Full napalm attack due I think. :)
Gandhi
22-04-2006, 21:43
A weritable fount of knowledge you are Spencer! I just confirmed the accuracy of your identification on Google.

Thank you. :cool:


No worries, glad to help.

This a fact noted by my friends too. (usually with a tone of distinct annoyance and long sufferance)



However, none of it is strictly useful in the real world. I am the don of pub quizzes though ;)
whitewash
22-04-2006, 21:58
"his names bol weevil check him out"
Warspite
23-04-2006, 01:34
"his names bol weevil check him out"

Such a shame they split up:(

:thumb:
Arkady
23-04-2006, 09:17
Looks a bit like the uber-ticks we used to dig out of ourselves in Cyprus. About the size of my little finger-nail and hard as hell to dislodge. I had one burrow into the back of my head once and I could feel/hear the crunching as it chewed away - not pleasant.
Medic had to dig it out with a scalpel - "Ohh.." he says, "it might leave a scar if I do that.." I swore and swore and swore at him until he got on with it.
I mean it's not as if I don't have a few scars as it is, plus the fact that any surgical 'enhancement' to my bonce, however badly done can only ever be an improvement...
SammyC
23-04-2006, 17:17
Pfffft, that should have been burnt out with a ciggie and no more said about it!
Forbiddenbiker
23-04-2006, 17:33
Pfffft, that should have been burnt out with a ciggie and no more said about it!

:D

Ay, when I were I lad, you'd give it a few days to fatten up before digging it out and making a wholesome broth. :coffee:
Arkady
26-04-2006, 19:12
With domestic ticks I'd agree, but these things were like raptors...
Marcel
26-04-2006, 21:28
does anyone know what it is? [/IMG]

Not flat enough ;)
lon10c
27-04-2006, 01:36
Green Shield Bug (Green Stink Bug) "Palomena Prasina"?