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What the mejaysus is this?

The_B_Man · 2007-05-12 01:39:45

Found a 2nd one of these in me gaf in a week. This time in the kitchen. http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w68/The_B_Man/Beetle/BoozyBobbyBeetleBeforeBooze.jpg http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w68/The_B_Man/Beetle/BoozyBobbyBeetle.jpg This was the one i found last week:…

12-05-2007 1:39am

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Found a 2nd one of these in me gaf in a week. This time in the kitchen.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w68/The_B_Man/Beetle/BoozyBobbyBeetleBeforeBooze.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w68/The_B_Man/Beetle/BoozyBobbyBeetle.jpg

This was the one i found last week:
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w68/The_B_Man/Beetle/Beetle.jpg

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#2 12-05-2007 1:41am

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Its Special Set Dinner, apparently.

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#3 12-05-2007 1:51am

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Looks kinda like a cockroach. Burn it don't squish it.

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#4 12-05-2007 2:00am

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well its still on me kitchen table. i put the ring off the top of a milk carton around it so it looks all nice now, like a statue or a trophy!

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#5 12-05-2007 2:59am

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The_B_Man wrote:

well its still on me kitchen table. i put the ring off the top of a milk carton around it so it looks all nice now, like a statue or a trophy!

Whatever it is, I blame global warming for it being there.

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#6 12-05-2007 3:00am

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http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/scarabeidae2.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/metazoa7.html&h=650&w=850&sz=172&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=WhPwdU3dVTyxhM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=145&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcockroach%2Bspecies%2Bbeetle%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

found that on google. does that look like it to anyone?

also, if thats a cause of global warming, then bring it on. When i discovered the first one, i was havin a poo. It was still alvie at the time so gave me something to play with to...eh....pass the time!

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#7 12-05-2007 3:28am

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Is there any building/demolition going on in/around your house?

We had a similar infestation in work about 8 months ago. They weren't that big, but looked the same. Apparently it was some kinda insect that lived in rotting wood, ad came into our place when they knocked down the hotel next door.

Can't for the life of me remember what it was called though.

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#8 12-05-2007 6:27am

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Can't for the life of me remember what it was called though.

"The enemy."
Engage and destroy with extreme prejudice.

Seriously, though, one or two of them, I wouldn't worry too much. If they keep showing up, though, you want to seriously consider getting an exterminator in.

NTM

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#9 12-05-2007 6:43am

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The first two are John and Paul, I can't tell if the other one is George or Ringo.

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#10 12-05-2007 8:18am

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i think i know what kind of bug that is, i just don't know which word is used for it in english:
chafer
June beetle
June bug
May beetle
cockchafer

http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&q=maik%C3%A4fer&gbv=2

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#11 12-05-2007 8:33am

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We'll go with cockchafer

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#12 12-05-2007 9:00am

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haha..and if you weren't 13 yo , which word would you use? is any one of these used in englsih...to describe a bug ?

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#13 12-05-2007 9:10am

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Is it a june bug? Or dune buggy

If it moved slowly, it probably wasnt a cockroach.

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#14 12-05-2007 9:16am

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I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted Boards.ie personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

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#15 12-05-2007 10:14am

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Cormic wrote:

I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted Boards.ie personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

Hail Insect Overlords

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#16 12-05-2007 10:33am

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ew

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#17 12-05-2007 10:47am

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Dude thats some sort of roach!

Time to get the Jeyes Fluid out and disinfect the gaff!

and I'd take it off the kitchen table too

Steenkeeng cucaracha!

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#18 12-05-2007 12:23pm

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The_B_Man wrote:

Found a 2nd one of these in me gaf in a week. This time in the kitchen.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w68/The_B_Man/Beetle/BoozyBobbyBeetleBeforeBooze.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w68/The_B_Man/Beetle/BoozyBobbyBeetle.jpg

This was the one i found last week:
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w68/The_B_Man/Beetle/Beetle.jpg

Its your main course, apparently.

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#19 12-05-2007 12:39pm

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That is actually called a Cockchafer or MayBug. Most commonly seen in May funnily enough. Scared the ****e out of me when I found one in the kitchen a few years ago.

Have you seen/heard him fly??

Loud bastards too!!

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#20 12-05-2007 3:50pm

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it is certainly not a cockroach

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#21 12-05-2007 3:56pm

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Its too close to the Cockroach family for comfort...

Squish 'em all and let God sort 'em out.

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#22 12-05-2007 3:59pm

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Calibos wrote:

That is actually called a Cockchafer

I thought that was a joke when it was posted previously, but no.... it exists.

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#23 12-05-2007 4:05pm

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The_B_Man wrote:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w68/The_B_Man/Beetle/Beetle.jpg

Jaysus. Now they're using razors.

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#24 12-05-2007 8:03pm

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lol cockchafer! classic!

must be why me balls hav been itchy lately.....

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#25 12-05-2007 8:33pm

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Be very careful... They can smell your fear!

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#26 12-05-2007 8:41pm

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Good Jaysus...the 'For Sale' sign would be up if I found something like that.

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#27 12-05-2007 8:57pm

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Just be thankful its not this

WARNING ITS PRETTY GRAPHIC
http://www.bentbay.dk/Brown_Recluse.htm

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#28 12-05-2007 8:59pm

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Nephew wrote:

Just be thankful its not this

http://www.bentbay.dk/Brown_Recluse.htm WARNING ITS SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC

'slightly' being an understatement!

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#29 12-05-2007 9:06pm

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Nephew wrote:

Just be thankful its not this

http://www.bentbay.dk/Brown_Recluse.htm WARNING ITS SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC

sweet jebus. that's disgusting... surely there's some sort of treatment, rather then taking pics every few days for a website..?

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#30 12-05-2007 9:15pm

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I read the wikipedia entry and it turns out there's feck all that can be done but it also turns out they very rarely bite and when they do it very rarely cause necrosis.

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#31 12-05-2007 10:53pm

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Nephew wrote:

Just be thankful its not this

WARNING ITS PRETTY GRAPHIC
http://www.bentbay.dk/Brown_Recluse.htm

Thats the last time i pick up a spider. He must have known what was comming when he started taking pictures so quickly after the bite.

That was gruesome.

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#32 12-05-2007 11:04pm

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Definitely a cockchafer. Its the time of year for them, and they arrive in cycles, so it looks like this year is a good one for their numbers.

Theres another thread I started previously on these fellas.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055090560

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#33 13-05-2007 7:05am

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i honestly cant get over the name! all the boys have seen this thread and keep givin me abuse!

either way its gas! when he died, i stuck him in a pose on the kitchen table, and me housemates thought it was a plastic toy or basically didnt think it was real.

lol actually, sittin here watchin sky movies comedy. chinese film called Mastermind. freaky little fella in it that freaks me out more than bobby the boozy beetle. As long as them animals arent poisonous, then ive no problem pickin them up. but that little fella from this film is PURE WEIRD!!!! like a mini odd job!!!

ye, so Cock Shaver, eh? or chafer, watever his name is! best name ever! all i need now is some girls that i can throw them at! :P

actaully, is there a way to find their nest? i cud do wit collectin a whole rake of them!

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#34 14-05-2007 1:21am

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Its the biggest 10c ever.

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#35 14-05-2007 8:36am

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Seen a load of them around lately actually.

Ugh. B*stards.

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Nephew wrote:

Just be thankful its not this

WARNING ITS PRETTY GRAPHIC
http://www.bentbay.dk/Brown_Recluse.htm

I'm pretty sure that's photoshopped...

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#36 14-05-2007 10:49am

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I had some of those in my house before... no idea what they are...they're gone now though but it was just after i had moved in and the house was filthy... some kind of cockroach maybe?

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#37 14-05-2007 1:53pm

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found one identicle to that in a bin at work the other day!no one could figure out what it was!!its a freaky ass lookin bug!!!

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#38 14-05-2007 2:23pm

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the 10C special!

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#39 14-05-2007 4:17pm

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ye i was surprised nobody noticed the chinese menu. woulda thought there'd be loadsa chinese food related jokes!!

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