Soldato
Fairly sure it's a £2 coin.
Identify this bug
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Stingy thing. With big stinger = NUKE.
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My friend found one of these a couple of days ago too.
NOT A STINGER
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POINTY THING WHAT LOOKS LIKE STINGER
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We have had quite a few of these in our garden and on our windows recently. Now I know what they are it makes sense as we have a small conifer wood no more than 150m from us. Can't recall seeing them before though.
Soldato
because its not got a stinger. its a harmless insect. just large in size.
You won't be saying that when you wake up and spot it sat at the end of your bed with a knife and fork, licking its mandibles hungrily.
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Good on you... so many people would just squash it out of ignorance... and being namby-pamby scaredy cats. So sting or not it does not deserve to die.
Mind you, are you sure it wasn't using that screw as a weapon?
Well my first instinct was "Jayyyyyyzus.. squish that thing". That lasted about a second before "If the cat eats that, that sting will go right thru their brain" and also "Where the hell are my gloves, I ain't touching that thing" and finally "Someone on OCuK whose dad kills things for a living will be able to identify that"
I reckon it was probably trying the screw out for size before coming back to shiv one of the cats with it.
I frequently have to retrieve lizards and mice to save them from being turned into an inside-out jigsaw puzzle on the front doormat.
I reckon it was probably trying the screw out for size before coming back to shiv one of the cats with it.
I frequently have to retrieve lizards and mice to save them from being turned into an inside-out jigsaw puzzle on the front doormat.
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Dosent matter where its from, we should welcome it with open arms...
No wait send it back...
oh im not sure, can i change my mind???
No wait send it back...
oh im not sure, can i change my mind???
Good on you... so many people would just squash it out of ignorance... and being namby-pamby scaredy cats. So sting or not it does not deserve to die.
Mind you, are you sure it wasn't using that screw as a weapon?
All bugs/insects apart from ones who polinate have no reason for existence.
They will be destroyed on sight.