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Flies, Bees, Wasps, Ants
summer is here! and these little buggers are driving me insane, flies keep colliding with my head and keep knocking me out (joke) i sit in the garden ants are crawling up my legs, bees and wasps make me run a mile, now tell me why do we like summer so much? 
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14-06-2009, 17:46
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Re: Flies, Bees, Wasps, Ants
the good news is while there crawling all over you there leaving me alone 
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14-06-2009, 17:48
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Re: Flies, Bees, Wasps, Ants
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the good news is while there crawling all over you there leaving me alone |
just wait, they will find a way, they always do -_- haha
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14-06-2009, 17:58
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Re: Flies, Bees, Wasps, Ants
Some odd insects out there this year that I have never seen before...a slim black "fly" with a bright orange abdomen 
Not seen a single ladybird, but loads of shield bugs, green aphids, purple aphids, blackfly.. and just ONE wasp!
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14-06-2009, 18:04
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Re: Flies, Bees, Wasps, Ants
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Some odd insects out there this year that I have never seen before...a slim black "fly" with a bright orange abdomen
Not seen a single ladybird, but loads of shield bugs, green aphids, purple aphids, blackfly.. and just ONE wasp! |
its like we live on a different planet, i never knew we had all these insects. i havnt seen a lady bird yet either not even a butterfly!
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14-06-2009, 18:14
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Better be keeping an eye out for Painted Lady butterflies.
http://www.butterfly-conservation.or...for_years.html
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Butterfly Conservation has been receiving reports since the start of the Bank Holiday weekend of sightings of large numbers of these butterflies. People throughout Britain have seen these fast-flying butterflies moving overhead for hours on end, setting the scene for what could be one of the largest Painted Lady migrations in decades.The first indication of their arrival in Britain came last Thursday (May 21) when Butterfly Conservation members first reported seeing large numbers off Portland Bill in Dorset. Since then, thousands have been seen flying north at locations across southern England, from Cornwall to East Anglia.
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I haven't seen any myself.. 
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14-06-2009, 18:21
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Re: Flies, Bees, Wasps, Ants
No ladybirds about but we have noticed quite a few Painted Lady butterflies over the last few days. Very nice to see them to. 
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14-06-2009, 18:30
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oh id love to see one of them.
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14-06-2009, 18:35
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We have an area near us that we are doing a butterfly report on.
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14-06-2009, 18:40
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Re: Flies, Bees, Wasps, Ants
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Some odd insects out there this year that I have never seen before...a slim black "fly" with a bright orange abdomen
Not seen a single ladybird, but loads of shield bugs, green aphids, purple aphids, blackfly.. and just ONE wasp! |
Saw loads of those black/orange things today on golf course and a few ladybirds
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14-06-2009, 20:03
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Re: Flies, Bees, Wasps, Ants
Have you noticed a distinct decline in wasps and bees this year? I am led to believe that bees in particular are having a hard time of it, being attacked by a tiny mites which have devastated their numbers. However don't know what it is about me, something in my skin perhaps, but I seem to be a magnet for every biting stinging insect within a ten mile radius. As I speak, I can feel lumps on my scalp from midge bites. Ants are something else, but then I just zap them with the powder.
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14-06-2009, 20:15
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The really cold freezes we had over winter will have killed quite a few queen wasps.
Its also a bit early in the year to be seeing many, nests will not be very big yet, most wasps are seen later in the year (July, August).
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14-06-2009, 22:00
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can i ask something, when do spider usually come out?
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can i ask something, when do spider usually come out?
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Depends what kind of club they frequent. 
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14-06-2009, 22:18
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Depends what kind of club they frequent. |
if i knew what that meant id have a valid answer haha
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