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Insect of the day.... 08:11 - Jun 14 with 849 views

....the devil's-coachman beetle.

"Although it has no sting, it can give a painful bite with its strong, pincer-like jaws. It also emits a foul-smelling odour, as a defensive secretion, from a pair of white glands at the end of its abdomen."

"British folklore has it that a beetle has eaten the core of Eve's apple, and that a person who crushes such beetle is forgiven seven sins."

	"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Poll:	If the choice is Moore or no more.

Insect of the day.... on 08:17 - Jun 14 with 839 views

WeWereZombies

Is this turning into beetle of the day? Always the same, gentle folk get lured into something they think will be instructive and inclusive, then it goes full on death's head alt right.

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How will we get fourteen points from the last five games ?

Insect of the day.... on 08:30 - Jun 14 with 823 views

GeoffSentence

As a child they used to shÂ¡t me up, what with their scorpion like tail curling malarkey.

	Don't boil a kettle on a boat.
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Insect of the day.... on 08:32 - Jun 14 with 819 views

BanksterDebtSlave

Insect of the day.... on 08:17 - Jun 14 by WeWereZombies
Is this turning into beetle of the day? Always the same, gentle folk get lured into something they think will be instructive and inclusive, then it goes full on death's head alt right.

The public gets what the public wants!
I refer you to the poor neglected bee-fly....

Insect of the day.... by BanksterDebtSlave 12 Jun 2019 6:51
Is it a bee, is it a hummingbird no it's a hover fly.......the bee-fly (bombylious major)
https://www.heartofenglandforest.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Bombylius-major-Flickr-Orangeaurochs-copy-1080x772.jpg
Often seen hovering around flowers collecting nectar with its proboscis it also twerks! What's not to like?

"Parasitic larvae

Aside from its deceptive appearance, the bee fly is best known for the strange behaviour of its females. On a sunny day in spring, you may catch the sight of the female bee-fly performing an odd-looking manoeuvre, not unlike a twerk, in front of the nest holes of solitary bees and wasps. She covers her eggs in sand and then, with a thrust of her abdomen, flicks them towards the entrances of the nest holes. The eggs hatch into larvae, crawl further into the hole, and wait for one of their host’s eggs to hatch. They then attach to the bee’s larva and begin to suck out its body fluids. So not only do bee flies imitate their namesakes, they snack on their larvae, too."

....not a sniff!

[Post edited 14 Jun 2019 8:34]

	"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Poll:	If the choice is Moore or no more.

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