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Insect of the day... 23:04 - May 12 with 2274 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Currently at my kitchen window.....the cockchafer.


"After 3-4 years, they emerge from the ground and mate as beetles. They die after 4-6 weeks. This cycle means that a lot of may bugs emerge from the ground every 4 years. Every 30-45 years, so many may bugs come out from the ground that you could almost call it a plague."
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"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
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Insect of the day... on 23:07 - May 12 with 2245 viewsDubtractor

I think you'll find they are called Billywitches round here mate.

I remember being terrified whenever one came down the chimney as a kid - they made such a racket!

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Insect of the day... on 23:09 - May 12 with 2235 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Insect of the day... on 23:07 - May 12 by Dubtractor

I think you'll find they are called Billywitches round here mate.

I remember being terrified whenever one came down the chimney as a kid - they made such a racket!


Best block up your chimney, they're out there.

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Insect of the day... on 08:44 - May 13 with 2098 viewsGuthrum

Insect of the day... on 23:07 - May 12 by Dubtractor

I think you'll find they are called Billywitches round here mate.

I remember being terrified whenever one came down the chimney as a kid - they made such a racket!


My father always used to say Billywitches try to get into your ears. Being somewhat clumsy flyers, they do tend to bash into you, so we were always terrified of that.

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Insect of the day... on 08:49 - May 13 with 2087 viewsElderGrizzly

Why’s it wearing Dennis Taylor’s glasses?
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Insect of the day... on 09:08 - May 13 with 2070 viewsWeWereZombies

Insect of the day... on 08:49 - May 13 by ElderGrizzly

Why’s it wearing Dennis Taylor’s glasses?


I think we are looking at this differently, all I can see is Dame Edna Everage.

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Insect of the day... on 09:11 - May 13 with 2065 viewsSouperJim

I was in Sherringham having a nice seaside day with the family one year when the may bugs turned up. Just a cloud of them everywhere as far as the eye could see, sitcky little beggers flying into everyone, complete mayhem, people legging it about all over the place looking for refuge. Hideous, but quite funny.

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Insect of the day... on 10:47 - May 13 with 2021 viewsSeablu

Insect of the day... on 23:07 - May 12 by Dubtractor

I think you'll find they are called Billywitches round here mate.

I remember being terrified whenever one came down the chimney as a kid - they made such a racket!


Considerably quieter coming down the chimney than that useless weirdo in the red suit, who bought me the wrong Action Man…
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Insect of the day... on 15:09 - May 13 with 1945 viewsStochesStotasBlewe

I knew a cockchafer once upon a time.

We have no village green, or a shop. It's very, very quiet. I can walk to the pub.

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Insect of the day... on 12:00 - May 11 with 1324 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Appeared at the window 2 days earlier this year. Just imagine swarms of them set off by the Northern lights tonight!!

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Insect of the day... on 13:57 - May 11 with 1249 viewsNthQldITFC

Best not to lean over the pot-scourer to open the kitchen window until you've got some clothes on.

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Insect of the day... on 14:23 - May 11 with 1223 viewsGlory_Hunter

Right here is where evolution ran out of ideas and made some pretty bold decisions. That is a face only a mummy billywitch could love.

I remember these as something that would hang around street lights and dive bomb into long hair of children and struggle until nicely entwined to the point only a patient mum and a pair of scissors would do.

Kids were terrified of them and seemed to believe the critters targeted them on purpose.
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Insect of the day... on 15:41 - May 11 with 1165 viewsbazza

Insect of the day... on 09:08 - May 13 by WeWereZombies

I think we are looking at this differently, all I can see is Dame Edna Everage.


All I heard when I looked at that billy witch, was… hello possums!!
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Insect of the day... on 15:51 - May 11 with 1139 viewsredrickstuhaart

Insect of the day... on 15:41 - May 11 by bazza

All I heard when I looked at that billy witch, was… hello possums!!


May bugs in my part of the world. School girls would scream at the prospect of them getting stuck in long hair. School boys would have at them with tennis racquets. They are solid enough to hit some distance.
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Insect of the day... on 15:58 - May 11 with 1124 viewsbazza

Insect of the day... on 15:51 - May 11 by redrickstuhaart

May bugs in my part of the world. School girls would scream at the prospect of them getting stuck in long hair. School boys would have at them with tennis racquets. They are solid enough to hit some distance.
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We used to hit them in to girls hair, with tennis rackets. TWTD.
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Insect of the day... on 15:59 - May 11 with 1119 viewsfooters

Strangest looking monkey I've ever seen.

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Insect of the day... on 16:23 - May 11 with 1077 viewsBluebell

In Oxfordshire we called them doodlebugs.

They would fly at you in the evening and come down the chimney as others have said.
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