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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

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    • NocturamaN
      Nocturama
      Haraki san Prodigy
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      Nearly ran this sluggish cinnabar over with the lawn mower.

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      Guessing this one was looking for my honey, but couldn’t get the cupboard door open!

      #JustStopCrocs

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      • ARNCA
        ARNC
        啓蒙家
        @Oaktavia
        Joined:

        @Oaktavia a bit calmer now and as close as I can sensibly get!
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        “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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        • OaktaviaO
          Oaktavia
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          @ARNC
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          @ARNC are those honeybees?

          IG: electricindigowizard

          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

          WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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          • ARNCA
            ARNC
            啓蒙家
            @Oaktavia
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            @Oaktavia yes, we have office honeybees - I think 3 hives currently. I’m not involved in looking after them (it’s my boss’s project) but I can see them from my window, especially if they decide to swarm or are disturbed.

            “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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            • OaktaviaO
              Oaktavia
              見習いボス
              @ARNC
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              @ARNC ah, that makes sense now. Pretty neat you can see them from your window.

              IG: electricindigowizard

              "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

              WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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              • A
                aksu
                Raw and Unwashed
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                Me: Who loves denim?
                Mosquitos: We do!

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                • goosehdG
                  goosehd
                  Mod Squad
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                  @aksu that is a lot of mosquitoes!! Where are you and what were you doing?

                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                  • A
                    aksu
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                    @goosehd
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                    @goosehd
                    Northern Finland. Bit of fishing, but mainly wondering around with minimal reason 😃

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                    • goosehdG
                      goosehd
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                      @aksu I’ve encountered black flies and mosquitoes like that a few times in northern, swampy, boggy areas and did not enjoy it. The fishing was excellent even though I was miserable.

                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                      • todyT
                        tody
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                        @ARNC Thinking about putting up a hive in our garden.

                        My encounter with bees 15 years ago was a bit crazy. While still living in Cologne, we noticed a swarm in our backyard, heading for a small hole in our wall. When opening the drywall up, we found a massive structure behind it. They must have been living there for decades.

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                        • ARNCA
                          ARNC
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                          @tody
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                          @tody that’s a lot of bees and the natural comb structure is really cool.

                          It might be worth checking what the rules are about bee keeping in Germany (obviously different to the UK). I don’t know much but I know my boss and another colleague have been on a special bee training course and we had the bee inspector visit recently. As we’re near the coast they needed to check that foreign bees aren’t coming over and taking up residence (sounds like some kind of political joke but it’s a real thing apparently, I think to stop transmission of bee diseases).

                          “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                          • jerkulesJ
                            jerkules
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                            @ARNC ”bloody foreign bees, coming over here stealing our pollen and our women”

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                            • SKTS
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                              Arachnid post…but does anyone want a sack of baby spiders? My kids were freaking out

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                              • OaktaviaO
                                Oaktavia
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                                @SKT
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                                @SKT ahoooo I'm itchy!!!

                                IG: electricindigowizard

                                "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                                • SKTS
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                                  @Oaktavia
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                                  @Oaktavia right!? Kinda freaked me out too

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                                  • spleef_onerS
                                    spleef_oner
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                                    Found this spider in my backyard this morning, pretty massive for IL.

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                                    • NocturamaN
                                      Nocturama
                                      Haraki san Prodigy
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                                      Spent the night on my study window - the delicacy of the wings is 🤯
                                      EDIT: now the sun has moved round I managed to get a better photo.
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                                      #JustStopCrocs

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                                      • AdamCA
                                        AdamC
                                        IHUK Crew
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                                        @spleef_oner what spider is this? It looks absolutely huge

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                                        • OaktaviaO
                                          Oaktavia
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                                          @Nocturama
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                                          @Nocturama Nice photo!!!

                                          IG: electricindigowizard

                                          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                          WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                                          • OaktaviaO
                                            Oaktavia
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                                            @AdamC
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                                            @AdamC I think it's a Nursery Web spider but it could be a large Wolf spider...

                                            IG: electricindigowizard

                                            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                            WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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