Insects

[Giles]

A Red Admiral has taken a liking to one of our apothecary bottles....

[Oaktavia]

@Giles nice specimen, I love the spot of red. The bottle is neat too, dig that color.

[endo]

in the last nights we've had hornets out here by my cottage. they were busy with other insects but quite peaceful to us, as long as you did not inadvertently grab anything they are sitting on. my love was stung by one into her hand. it did hurt but less than from a wasp she said. had to cool it for the evening and it felt itchy for another day. this fellow here like our candle, fortunately always kept distance to the flame.

[Oaktavia]

@endo wow that's neat about the candle. Glad it didn't hurt too bad for your love.

[Matt]

I got nailed by a wasp a few years ago. It was devastating. They just keep stinging. When I’m in charge they’ll be the first to go.

[steelworker]

@Matt why stop at wasps? Get rid of 'em all ,I say

[EdH]

I must've had something that 'smelled wrong to a wasp' on me while sat in a hot tub last year. I got stung three or four times on the side of my neck within about 20 minutes. I looked like I had some sort of tumour for a few days.

I'd still rather get rid of the mosquitos though. Probably the most damaging insect to humans globally. Plus I'm allergic to them - a bite on my foot, say, will mean I can't wear shoes for a week - and have the gene variant that makes me smell particularly attractive to them. AFAIK from when I last looked it up, there isn't anything in the ecosystem that depends on mosquitos for its survival. Those bastards can do one.

[Matt]

I change my platform. Mosquitos are out.

[Oaktavia]

@EdH said in Insects:

I can't wear shoes for a week

Holy smokes man, if I had that reaction to those feckers I wouldn't be able to spend time outside in my backyard, especially in the evenings.

[EdH]

@Oaktavia I have to drench any exposed skin in deet in the evenings in places like Dubai or when visiting my family in Texas. But it gives me an excuse to drink a lot of Gin & Tonic so there's plusses too.

[Oaktavia]

@EdH haha nice. I always seem to get deet in my mouth it tastes awful but it works. Hope you avoid as many skeeters as you are able to in the future.

[ARNC]

Despite a traumatic incident when I was very young involving a and 🧸, I’m now ok with but definitely against 🦟 and other bitey things. Not anything like as bad as @EdH but I always travel with oral antihistamines in 🦟 season. Eating lots of garlic and drinking alcohol seems to put them off, which is no bad thing

[Matt]

Works for ‍️ too.

[EdH]

I think @ARNC just updated his OS to whatever version started suggesting suitable emoji in the middle of sentences...

That, or his account has been hacked by a mid-20s wannabe Instagram bikini model...

[Matt]

Let’s hope.

[Memphisakers]

[Memphisakers]

Some weird ones from a camping trip a couple weeks back

[ARNC]

Not sure which of @EdH’s possibilities @Matt’s hoping for, but let’s assume it was the first one. I might have got a bit carried away accepting the suggestions from my OS - sorry!

[EdH]

@Memphisakers That crawly thing looks gnarly. Is that some kind of ant?

[EdH]

@ARNC Don't apologise! I was only teasing buddy.