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Well so far we have

Cleggs - Locust type thingy - Daddy Long Legs - Midges - -Scottish Midges - Mozzies - Butterflies - Moths - Bed Bugs - Ticks - Scorpions - Spiders - Maggoty type things - Wasps - Hornet - Insect eggs - Horse flies - Ants(infestation thereof) - Fire Ants - The Dorset Warbler - The little black flies that look like House flies but they're smaller - Any more? There's bound to be a few more "nasties" isn't there?

I don't like earwigs.  Any other insect, arachnid or mite is just fascinating (I should have been an entymologist (sp?)!!).  But I will admit I can see no reason for wasps!

Best beasties this year have been the 4 may bugs (cockerchaffers) that came up under Little Scamp's groundsheet, and the dor beetle we found in Wales (it was the most amazing colour - black at first glance, but actually an intensely dark, irridescent purple - stunning creature).

I don't know what it was but some thing bit me about 4 weeks ago on my toe and my arm.

The bite on the toe is starting to itch a bit less now, having woken me in the night most nights and stopped me getting back to sleep, but the one on my arm which hasn't itched before started to itch yesterday. It's driving me mad.

Whatever it was I hope I never meet another one.

Apart from that, anything that bites me, flies of any kind and wasps - I turn into a homicidal maniac. Oh, nearly gorgot the flying ants that invade my kitchen at least once every summer.

I HATE HATE HATE wasps, Eurgh!! But apparently there purpose is to keep the slug population down.

Now there's something we havn't mentioned SLUGS. I had a BIG FAT orange one, crawling up the inner 'skirt' in the awning.

Quote: Originally posted by sanhozay on 12/9/2007

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I encountered some flies in Great Langdale in August that I'd not seen before. About an inch long, heavy, dark red bodies, black legs and a sense of direction than makes a cranefly look like a fighter jet. I thought they'd come from a recently mown hay field but saw some more halfway up Blencathra.

What are they? Anybody know?

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Maybe a horse-fly BUT watch out they bite--OUCH!

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       Quote: Originally posted by Teloz on 12/9/2007

      I loathe slugs! I even get them coming into my house, but if I see them I leave them until they dry out and turn into bullets before I dispose of them... no mess that way...

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Just sprinkle them with a bit of salt, does the trick!

Post last edited on 14/09/2007 09:56:54

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Sunseekers

Quote: Originally posted by rabb_uk on 12/9/2007

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My worst insect was a earwig that dropped off a branch onto my nose, As it hit my nose I took a sharp breath so that i could 'blow' it out of my nostril......yep you guessed it it got sucked up my nose and i couldn't blow it back out...but i could feel it wiggling......Made me puke.....

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       Quote: Originally posted by Teloz on 12/9/2007

      I loathe slugs! I even get them coming into my house, but if I see them I leave them until they dry out and turn into bullets before I dispose of them... no mess that way...

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Just sprinkle them with a bit of salt, does the trick!