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Any one able to ID this flying monster? I've never seen anything as big as this in the UK (Scottish highlands if it helps).
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Size 9.5 toe for scale.
Wood wasp?
That's her ovidepositor which it used to lay eggs in the bark of trees.
Or your brain.
Horntail, completely harmless 🙂
It’s a fully grown midge.
One day soon, they’ll all be that size.
Agree with LeeW - looks like a female wood wasp.Urocerus gigas.
Oxford, not brogues.
Yep wood wasp.
Didyou hear it fly?
Wood wasp, baby Robin of insects.
Oxford, not brogues.
Oxfords and brougues 😉.
I didn’t hear it fly, it was just chilling on the floor.
Brogues......in the highlands......in this weather?......madness I say.....madness
It looks like you were trying on your new shoes at home
By the phrasing and the shoes I presumed you were wearing a kilt.
Brogues……in the highlands……in this weather?……madness I say…..madness
Shirt, tie, shorts and sandals?
It looks like you were trying on your new shoes at home
I was at work and unfortunately very not new anymore.
By the phrasing and the shoes I presumed you were wearing a kilt.
I am English so can’t wear a kilt.
thanks for the I.D. I’m descovering many new creatures in this glorious country.
I am English so can’t wear a kilt.
Disagree.
Everyone should wear a kilt. You'll be welcomed.
descovering many new creatures in this glorious country.
And discovering new words too 😉
Everyone should wear a kilt. You’ll be welcomed.
Shirley only at weddings or when in Hong Kong.
I am English so can’t wear a kilt
They were invented by a Lancastrian so i don't see why not.
Just make sure it's a subtle, understated pattern, like some of the Cornish ones. Or a 5.11 Tactikilt. Multicam 'natch.
Jesus Mary and Joseph and all the bloody disciples. If I found that thing next to my shoe the last thing I'd be doing is photographing it.
Jesus Mary and Joseph and all the bloody disciples. If I found that thing next to my shoe the last thing I’d be doing is photographing it.
Me either - I'd be wondering what it tastes like.
And discovering new words too
My wife is Scottish so I’ve understood the lingo before I moved here.
Jesus Mary and Joseph and all the bloody disciples. If I found that thing next to my shoe the last thing I’d be doing is photographing it.
I was ready to run, I’m just glad it was in focus as I wasn’t going back.
Jesus Mary and Joseph and all the bloody disciples. If I found that thing next to my shoe the last thing I’d be doing is photographing it.
They're totally harmless. And sounds like a chinook in flight.
Hogweed bonking beetle 😄
lame excuse to show off the just-polished shoes