Those stupid looking electronic insect bat-racket thingamajiggies
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Soldato
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Great news. Try it on your wife's arm.
See that happens in reverse in my house, although it's not reliable enough for her to get me every time.
The only issue is that my dog is now scared of flies as the wife runs around the house chasing them swiping through the air!
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I had one and threw it away. I was getting too knackered chasing them round the house with it. It can still be tricky to get them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/scien...hornet-uk-beekeepers-on-lookout-for-bee-eater
Not sure i would try it on one of those Asian Hornets.
Not sure i would try it on one of those Asian Hornets.
I think I've encountered what may have been one 1.5-2inches long it was on a balcony behind some metal roller shutters covering a window, the slats weren't rolled all the way shut and it decided to look what was behind them or something.
I just hear a strange pinging sound and can't work out what it is then this giant monster comes crawling out and I sprinted inside, shut the door, yelled for the GF to come and witness it.
she said it's the biggest one she's seen and isn't convinced its European.
quick google later seems giant asian hornets spread to Switzerland from italy so it very well could have been one.
spent a few summers there 3-4 and the last summer was the first time I saw any hornets.
Saw some jet black looking snake from a distance go across a path from the river heading into the forest one time when I was walking along the river as well :S
I didn't even know they had snakes and no one warned me lol...
used to make a nice camp fire along the river almost every week during the summer time, the forest is managed and they are often chopping trees down, they leave large piles of branches etc for the local wildlife and for people to get wood for making fires. (river has benches with fire pits going all the way along it for like 1-2 miles)
the amount of times I've been in the forest climbing over these piles and grabbing bits of woods from them makes me wonder how close I was to really annoying a snake and getting bit.
It must have been one of these
Vipera Aspis
the amount of times I've been in the forest climbing over these piles and grabbing bits of woods from them makes me wonder how close I was to really annoying a snake and getting bit.
It must have been one of these
Vipera Aspis
very pretty! Though a bite from him would give you a bad day!
yea I think I read only 4% of untreated bites are fatal but I'd imagine it still hurts
Aha I googled it right away also. Though I'm in no rush to find out for myself! Isn't ignorance crazy? Like you had no idea something that could really hurt you was right where you played!
Not quite as severe but I hadn't heard about Giant Hogweed until a few years ago. Now I know about it I see it everywhere and I just don't know how I never got burned as a kid playing in fields and such!
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A must have when in Vietnam!