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Clancy wrote: This pic was taken this year up in the highlands....havent a clue what it is , or what it's called.




Looks like the rear end of an insect of some kind...on the water....do you really want to know what it is, or is this a 'conversation' piece Clancy ?

Clancy wrote: This pic was taken this year up in the highlands....havent a clue what it is , or what it's called.




could it be a dragonfly emerging....I'm intrigued now .

Clancy wrote: We were about to drive off , and my son-inlaw noticed it on the hood ,Bez ...It looks a bit strange :-3 ....But if I knew the name I could annoy others by telling them :p


some sort of grasshopper ??

SnoozeControl wrote: Or possibly a mutated Wickedmoontrollicus




Blimey...snoozys a secret entomologist....when was the last time you saw a wickedmoontrollicus ??? Have you got a collection of 'speared' insects ?

SnoozeControl wrote: Or possibly a mutated Wickedmoontrollicus


QueenMummyVmoontrollBitchicus:sneaky:

Clancy wrote: Itsmethatcantspellforshiticus


:wah:

Clancy wrote: Itsmethatcantspellforshiticus




Yes, yes , yes.....defarabley that wun.

Clancy wrote: AwwebezIknowyourkiddinonicus ....




"Itsmethatcantspellforshiticus"



That one turned out to be a "cross over species"



'cept you can spell (for a moment I thought Bez was of the "Wicked Moon"):wah:

Clancy wrote: AwwebezIknowyourkiddinonicus ....


Is this turning into the Stanley Unwin thread ?



Oh Deep Joy !

StupidCowboyTricks wrote: "Itsmethatcantspellforshiticus"



That one turned out to be a "cross over species"



'cept you can spell (for a moment I thought Bez was of the "Wicked Moon"):wah:


No , No....I'm of the "Happy Sun".....may the "Wicked Moon" spend many light years in space and get swallowed up in a 'black hole'

Clancy wrote: I'll try the local Mitchell (reference) library on monday. There must be hundreds of things , I'll type in winged insects that are native to the region , and go with that
who are those guys? (Stanley Unwin )too

I think its a pondskater.

SnoozeControl wrote: Eyehavnoideawotumeanicusotomy.


'anicusotomy' '''you can get something from the pharmacist for that :wah:

Clancy wrote: This pic was taken this year up in the highlands....havent a clue what it is , or what it's called.




Hello Clancy, what you have there is a Shield Bug.

Sometimes they vary in shape and colour, depends what part of the country you find them in. have a look here mate.

http://www.gardensafari.net/english/shieldbugs.htm

Scott

we get these down south too quite a lot weird looking things they are :rolleyes:

scotty wrote: Hello Clancy, what you have there is a Shield Bug.

Sometimes they vary in shape and colour, depends what part of the country you find them in. have a look here mate.

http://www.gardensafari.net/english/shieldbugs.htm



Scott




Good site Scotty....you've solved the mystery :-6

SnoozeControl wrote: It looks too thick and the legs too short to be a pondskater...

bit like me then!

pompeygirl wrote: we get these down south too quite a lot weird looking things they are :rolleyes:
Aye they seem to popping up everywhere, we had one the house last week, in the middle of winter, They are actually pretty cute wee buggers.

scotty wrote: cute wee buggers.


Oh Scotty....that's brilliant

LOL thanks BEZ :-6

SnoozeControl wrote: I just watched a movie about Oscar Wilde, and lemme tell you, the word bugger wasn't used to describe cute little insects.


Yes I can imagine snooze, but in Scotland its a term of endearment, no hang on I`m not even going there.

scotty wrote: Yes I can imagine snooze, but in Scotland its a term of endearment, no hang on I`m not even going there.


No...please please don't go there....we've been there all week (at FG I hasten to add)...it's been exhausting !!!! You'll have to go searching to see what I mean....but don't because we won't see you til Easter