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Flying insect

  • 08-05-2017 12:46am
    #1
    Ken.
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    Can you help me identify this creature please. It just flew in the window and scared the sh!t out of me. I was able to trap it and let it back outside after taking a few pics.

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Comments

  • #2
    whyulittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    May Bug / Cockchafer, our cat brought an end to one that came in here last night.


  • #3
    DBB
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    It's a maybug, or cockchafer. Big, bumbling, fly-into-windows fellas that are on the wing this time of year, scaring the bejesus out of the unsuspecting :D
    Totally harmless though. I'm rather fond of them :o


  • #4
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    whyulittle wrote: »
    May Bug / Cockchafer, our cat brought an end to one that came in here last night.

    Size of the bloody thing. I was afraid it would take the cat away. When it flew in it went straight to the light which made its shadow huge. I honestly thought it was a bird or bat at first.


  • #5
    pawrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,751 ✭✭✭pawrick


    I had these last year gathering on the walls of my house and didn't realise they can be a garden pest. Their grubs can destroy a lawn if you get a bad infestation.


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