Insects and Spiders

Mrs Cleg. She did not bite me.

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Those aviator shades.

Now is she a Horsefly?

Got bitten by a horse fly last year, itchiest thing ever. My leg swelled up so much I couldn't roll my trouser down.

It’s horrific how they operate - saw blade mouth parts and no anaesthetic! Mozzies are much kinder!

.....But enough of solicitors.

Haha, how did you know that was my job?

I had no idea. Why didn't you just admit to molesting small furry animals? You would be more popular.

I should say sorry for taking such a cheap shot, I know I should.

Plenty of Segestria florentina out and about this evening. The latter one busying itself with some late night cannibalism

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Wow. Good size. Where abouts? Prolly asked already!

Appears to have iridescence too! 😎

Nasty arent they? I was massacred by some horse flies a few years ago while on a ride that took me down a flooded lane near a stud farm and I reacted so badly my kegs swelled up and I also started to have breathing problems. Needed a trip to a walk in centre and a week of various drugs. Thankfully the experience doesn't seem to have made my allergy to them worse.

Ha, no worries - in fact, the sort of law that I do is so fluffy and benign that it was many years before I met a lawyer whose unpleasantness made me realise why lawyers are so widely despised.

Devon, there’s loads of them in south west England as they initially colonised on the south coast I think from Europe.

They seem to love old brick walls which have been drilled before as I imagine it makes tunnel web building nice and easy.

Yep that fangs are a lovley iridescent green but couldn’t really get it focussed due to poor iphone camera and beers.

It's back again!

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Crawling around the car just now.

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Horse fly bites and the resultant swelling was one of the theories behind my shin tendonitis issue that kicked my arse during my first TransAm.

Incredibrue

Got bitten by a horse fly last year, itchiest thing ever. My leg swelled up so much I couldn't roll my trouser down.

Yeah so painful, they're done before you even know it. Horrible bastards

Only the females tho. <<<<< SEXIST

saw this fella today

I had to Google "massive caterpillar uk" to identify it as an elephant hawk moth

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Handsome hornet-mimic hover fly in the garden just now

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That is one big mutha.

Where abouts?

in a playground in heaton park in manchester

What a face/arse. 😎

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the 'elephant's trunk' retracts when it's pissed off to protect the head and make the 'eyes' look bigger apparently

Looking through old pics and found this which I titled Emerald Beetle.

I think I got it in some Magazine freebie. Thinking it was from far off lands.

However upon closer inspection it looks a lot like the native Cockchaffer posted in this here thread.

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