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 Pook
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Black body, orange legs, about an inch long

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Posted : 08/07/2017 8:03 am
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You didn't get the [url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/30/photobucket_charging_400yr_3rdparty_pgs/ ]Photobucket memo[/url]?


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:05 am
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A gnat I'm guessing, maybe a daddy long legs.


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:07 am
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Lunch?


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:09 am
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A hogweed bonking beetle


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:16 am
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A lesser-spotted giant inverted ladybird.


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:18 am
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Its a funnel web spider


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:19 am
 Pook
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Jamie, nope. Oh well. I'll be leaving that service then


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:21 am
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A bogweed honking beetle/beatle


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:27 am
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Abyssinian Tripe Hound


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:36 am
 Pook
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Thanks for the replies, Attenboroughs.

Google Fu reveals it is a Sirex Wood wasp.


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:41 am
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Are you sure? Looks like a bowel weevil to me, don't turn your back on it ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 9:00 am
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Ok. To keep this going.

Any ideas what sort of spider this is?

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Posted : 08/07/2017 9:11 am
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A happy one. Probably.

Markings on the body suggest a long-jawed orb weaver spider.


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 9:20 am
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Cocoa-concealing lime spider?

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Posted : 08/07/2017 9:30 am
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A chocolate lime spider, wicked ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 9:42 am
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A hogweed bonking spider


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 2:21 pm
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You been [s]perving[/s] watching Harry Potter again Vicky?


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 2:22 pm
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Hammyuk- there really is a hogweed bonking beetle! Google it ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:54 pm
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I'm not having that on my search history!!!


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 9:02 pm
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๐Ÿ˜€
It comes up if you just search on "hogweed beetle"


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 9:31 pm
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Not falling for that one....


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 10:16 pm
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I'm surprised nobody has said "baby robin" yet


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 10:28 pm
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From the OP's post I think it's been caught speeding?


 
Posted : 09/07/2017 3:04 pm
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[i]I'm surprised nobody has said "baby robin" yet[/i]

The other day I accidentally clicked on the last page in my stw history.. out of curiosity, opened the last thread... 8 years ago... Baby Robin joke was in there!

Pook - post the thumbnail link, then we can open it. Unless youre past caring.


 
Posted : 09/07/2017 6:35 pm
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I'm surprised nobody has said "baby robin" yet

Because sometimes crap memes/tropes need to die.

Pook - post the thumbnail link, then we can open it. Unless youre past caring.

Google Fu reveals it is a Sirex Wood wasp.


 
Posted : 09/07/2017 6:37 pm
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Because sometimes crap memes/tropes need to die.

Bears repeating...


 
Posted : 09/07/2017 7:46 pm