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    goosehd
    Mod Squad
    @aksu
    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

    @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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      aksu
      Raw and Unwashed
      @goosehd
      Joined: 28 Jul 2021

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

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        goosehd
        Mod Squad
        @aksu
        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

        @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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          tody
          啓蒙家
          @ARNC
          Joined: 24 Feb 2021

          @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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            ARNC
            啓蒙家
            @tody
            Joined: 13 Dec 2020

            @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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              jerkules
              啓蒙家
              Joined: 26 Aug 2018

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

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                SKT
                見習いボス
                Joined: 26 Aug 2019

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

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                  Oaktavia
                  見習いボス
                  @SKT
                  Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                  @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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                    SKT
                    見習いボス
                    @Oaktavia
                    Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                    @Oaktavia right!? Kinda freaked me out too

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                      spleef_oner
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 7 Apr 2024

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

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                        Nocturama
                        Haraki san Prodigy
                        Joined: 1 Jan 2023

                        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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                          AdamC
                          IHUK Crew
                          @spleef_oner
                          Joined: 12 Jan 2018

                          @spleef_oner what spider is this? It looks absolutely huge

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                            Oaktavia
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                            @Nocturama
                            Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                            @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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                              Oaktavia
                              見習いボス
                              @AdamC
                              Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                              @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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                                spleef_oner
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 7 Apr 2024

                                @AdamC yeah, like @Oaktavia said I think it’s a big wolf spider.

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                                • steelworkerS
                                  steelworker
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                                  Its a reason to build a flamethrower

                                  Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                  Well, I have others.

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                                    Oaktavia
                                    見習いボス
                                    @spleef_oner
                                    Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                    @spleef_oner I live not too far in WV have seen the largest wolf spiders I've ever seen here. Never saw them get that big on MD. There was one in the bed of our truck that was enormous a few months back but my phone was not on me. Nice photos you got for sure.

                                    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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                                      SKT
                                      見習いボス
                                      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                                      Not a great photo but cool beetle. I believe it’s
                                      Phyllophaga crenulata. Type of scarab beetle

                                      IMG_4837.jpeg

                                      last edited by 21 Jun 2024, 13:06 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                                        Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                                        The Unwoven
                                        Joined: 11 Feb 2023

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                                          SKT
                                          見習いボス
                                          @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                                          Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                                          @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot that is one cool dragonfly! And an excellent pic to boot

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