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A Bugs Life.

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  • 29-06-2015 9:16pm
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    kneemos
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    This guy landed on the door over a month ago and hasn't moved since.
    If he's alive how has he survived without food or water for so long,and if he's dead why hasn't he fallen off the door?
    If I touch him will he fly away?
    I'd almost miss him at this stage.


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    He's dead.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    That is the dried shell case left after the insect emerged. Ye wally!


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    darkpagandeath
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    Nah he's fine, Sure all insects shed there wings when they are resting.


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    kneemos
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    Sawyer White Pronoun wrote: »
    That is the dried shell case left after the insect emerged. Ye wally!

    No way !


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    dmc17
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Nah he's fine, Sure all insects shed there wings when they are resting.

    This guy shed his whole body!


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    kneemos wrote: »
    No way !

    Way!


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    signostic
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    He doesn't seem to have wings, did you pull them off?


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    Collie D
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    Sawyer White Pronoun wrote: »
    That is the dried shell case left after the insect emerged. Ye wally!

    I too am a wally.


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    ScumLord
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    That's just the shell. The maggot should have made it's way into one or your orifices by now.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Collie D wrote: »
    I too am a wally.

    There are quite a few of them around,when it comes to wildlife.


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    Bongalongherb
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    He looks dead alright. The dead pose... it's right arm stretched out north and his left arm westerly while it seems his left upper body is collapsed. The back legs spread as well.

    Blow on him to see if he moves anything. It could also be in hibernation.

    Credits from doctor fly.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    signostic wrote: »
    He doesn't seem to have wings, did you pull them off?

    The wings unfurled when the insect emerged.


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    catallus
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    As a general rule if something doesn't move for a month then it isn't alive.

    That said, insects could be an exception to the rule as they are like fungi.


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    kneemos
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    Sawyer White Pronoun wrote: »
    That is the dried shell case left after the insect emerged. Ye wally!


    You're right.Blew away like dust.
    Either a shell or long since decomposed.


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    pablo128
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    The second that thing landed it would have gotten the heel of a shoe.


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    Bongalongherb
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    catallus wrote: »
    As a general rule if something doesn't move for a month then it isn't alive.

    That said, insects could be an exception to the rule as they are like fungi.

    The poor fcuker could be in hibernation, or someone's pet and they will think it's dead. I'd hate to be in hibernation and then some nutball thinks I'm dead and then buries me alive.


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    Xaracatz
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    Bongalongherb wrote: »
    The poor fcuker could be in hibernation, or someone's pet and they will think it's dead. I'd hate to be in hibernation and then some nutball thinks I'm dead and then buries me alive.

    Ah. So that's where I left my pet, um, spider lizard.

    Oh - and sorry for hanging around and leaving my insects on your door OP.

    Oh - and he's dead.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    kneemos wrote: »
    You're right.Blew away like dust.
    Either a shell or long since decomposed.

    :rolleyes: No either about it. It is the dried husk left when the adult insect emerged.

    Don't make me shout!


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    PARlance
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    Bongalongherb wrote: »
    He looks dead alright. The dead pose... it's right arm stretched out north and his left arm westerly while it seems his left upper body is collapsed. The back legs spread as well.
    .

    Have another look at it and tell me he's not doing the "staying alive" dance.


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    fineso.mom
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    What was the insect ? A daddy long legs ?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    fineso.mom wrote: »
    What was the insect ? A daddy long legs ?

    No. Something from the order ephemeroptere. A mayfly or stonefly type.

    Something like this - http://www.biopix.com/ephemera-vulgata_photo-57796.aspx


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    fineso.mom
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    Sawyer White Pronoun wrote: »
    No. Something from the order ephemeroptere. A mayfly or stonefly type.

    Thanks.

    I'll have to Google that now, dammit.


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    Sawyer White Pronoun wrote: »
    No. Something from the order ephemeroptere. A mayfly or stonefly type.

    Something like this - http://www.biopix.com/ephemera-vulgata_photo-57796.aspx

    You're a goldmine of information Sawyer White Pronoun. :)


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