groovelick Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 (edited) You could be right, but I think it looks just like any old ladybird I've ever seen. Does anyone on here remember '76? Bad year to be an aphid, I remember pavements so covered in squished ladybirds that they where stained red, I remember it being bloody hot as well Edited June 1, 2013 by groovelick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punta Roja Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Greenfly on Big Devil auto. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punta Roja Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Bad year to be an aphid, I remember pavements so covered in squished ladybirds that they where stained red, I remember it being bloody hot as well Au contraire Groove, the reason for the plague of Ladybirds was the abundance of aphids, it was a good year for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yahya Jammmeh Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Having trouble getting my camera to focus on the subject but here's the best pic I could get. He/she was very wary of me and kept moving away with his lunch which was a black greenfly thingy and an old photo of some wildlife you don't want on your weed 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad elf Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 You could be right, but I think it looks just like any old ladybird I've ever seen. Does anyone on here remember '76? oh yes, red hot summer, proper droughts and ladybirds everywhere(better than ladyboys I suppose, ). 95 was pretty full on for labybirds too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubSpecies Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Love this thread :wink: I came across what i think may be Panorpa communis 'Scorpion Fly'. Quite a nasty looking thing and was about 1 inch long, but apparently its harmless.... 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eelhelmet Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Cracking pic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RandyBoBandy Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 it is! never seen one before, i just typed the name in google and realised i had the black and red version land on me alot, would have prolly freaked out a bit more if id known they looked like that close up awesome pic! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubSpecies Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Bless, im glad you are enlightened :wink: I think it is a male as it has two pincers on end of it's tail, there was two of them on my plant and they mate at night, i nearly got a pic of the female but she sadly flew off. Im goin for a visit tonight, it's always exciting to wonder what the next creature encounter will be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resinous palms Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) Quite a nasty looking thing He looks quite charming with a hat and monocle. Edited June 22, 2013 by resinous palms 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubSpecies Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Haha nice one RP! Well i guess he could be quite charming, he nearly scored himself a hunny that night too, but i think i got in way and she was camera shy Im sure they linked up later though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubSpecies Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) With that hat & glasses he looks like that little monster in a film that sings 'New York New York' as it walks across the bar before dashing off down a hatch..... what film was that man?? Running man? Alien? Enemy Mine? I can't remember now Edited June 22, 2013 by SubSpecies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loam Gnome Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Hardcore looking thing... And now Res is turning it into the insect version of this..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Penny. Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Not exactly ON weed,but certainly within 20 feet of some plants,saw these two earlier,south facing bank,old railway embankement,snake-magnet,I saw four different reptiles,when the plants are a respectable size I will get some grass-snakes on grass shots 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubSpecies Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Forficula auricularia 'Common Female Earwig' A stoned story.... Very late at night when i caught her trying to steal resin glands from my ripe Auto Bubbleicious she froze and whispered to me that her name was 'Eerie' , but it's ok, we ended up friends as we discussed matters, the deal was i was prepaired to forgive her for eating tiny bits of my plants if she did because she was helping me by mostly eating small pests and their eggs including aphids, i warned her not to eat any more Bubble and she agreed, so we knocked fists in respect, smoked a joint, shared a can of beer, chatted some more shit and went about our business. But im gonna keep an eye on her, i never trust an earwig that whispers her name at me! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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