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Any idea what sort of an insect is this?

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  • #32
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Broken Hearted Road wrote: »
    The lad I have, his behind is all black.

    Looked at your pic again.

    There are definite faint yellow stripes on its ar$e.

    I'd recommend getting an eye exam.


  • #33
    The Backwards Man
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    Alf Stewart. wrote: »
    On that......

    Anyone know what this strange lookin bastard might be?
    It looks like some sort of albino platypus


  • #34
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Probably a Backwards Bee.


  • #35
    Jawgap
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    Probably a masonry bee

    .......they kill you stone dead :D


  • #36
    Barry Badrinath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Barry Badrinath


    Have you tried asking it what it is?

    It looks like it speaks English


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  • #37
    me_irl
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    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Probably a Backwards Bee.

    An eeb?


  • #38
    stoplooklisten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭stoplooklisten


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Probably a masonry bee

    .......they kill you stone dead :D

    Lucky it wasn't a carpenter bee, because they wood not

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_bee


  • #39
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Alf Stewart. wrote: »
    On that......

    Anyone know what this strange lookin bastard might be?

    I love that little sucker, never get tired of his cheeky face!


  • #40
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    It's a bloody bee!

    Bees don't look like this in real life

    Ay carumba!


  • #41
    Broken Hearted Road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 694 ✭✭✭Broken Hearted Road


    me_irl wrote: »
    Looked at your pic again.

    There are definite faint yellow stripes on its ar$e.

    I'd recommend getting an eye exam.

    OK, I zoomed in on my picture and now I can see some faint yellow strips.


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  • #42
    MRnotlob606
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    That's Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees.


  • #43
    me_irl
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    Broken Hearted Road wrote: »
    OK, I zoomed in on my picture and now I can see some faint yellow strips.

    Couldn't you have just put your face closer to the bee?

    By the by, bees are awesome. Wasps are c*nts.


  • #44
    the evasion_kid
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    Bee...that's looks like it's been through the wars


  • #45
    12Phase
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    That's a bee. Let it out before it dies. It's a bit late and cold for bees to be out of their hives.


  • #46
    learn_more
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭learn_more


    I'ts a spider wearing a bee costume. Thats why it's not flying.


  • #47
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    learn_more wrote: »
    I'ts a spider wearing a bee costume. Thats why it's not flying.

    You learn something every day.


  • #48
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    me_irl wrote: »

    By the by, bees are awesome. Wasps are c*nts.

    And parasitic wasps are massive c*nts, but parasitic fungi that invade ants' brains and control them are the biggest c*nts of all though.

    (Viewer discretion is advised. And woohoo, it's David Attenborough!)


  • #49
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 12,445 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    maudgonner wrote: »
    And parasitic wasps are massive c*nts

    C*nt-wasps.


  • #50
    nkav86
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    Possessed bee, possibly a steroid user, burn the gaf down. Only logical option


  • #51
    maudgonner
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    nkav86 wrote: »
    Possessed bee

    Bee-witched, surely?


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  • #52
    nkav86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 714 ✭✭✭nkav86


    maudgonner wrote:
    Bee-witched, surely?


    Brilliant!


  • #53
    fin12
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    I love Bumble bees, so cute and furry and don't attack.


  • #54
    Vojera
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    maudgonner wrote: »
    And parasitic wasps are massive c*nts
    But also provide eco-friendly pest control!


  • #55
    johnty56
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    What did it taste like OP?


  • #56
    [Deleted User]
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    OP, have you burned your house down yet?


  • #57
    Alf Stewart.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭Alf Stewart.


    Gotta make the list of legendary boards threads surely?

    Poster makes thread asking for help in identifying a "strange insect".

    Adamant insect isn't a wasp or a bee, beacaude it isn't flying and isn't yellow.

    Now, as you guys arent in a bloody hot country, with lots of flying and crawling insects, not to mention great big hairy bastard spiders than can bite, poison and eat you, I personally thought hang on...... This may be interesting.....


    Next post the op lobs up, is a photo of a quite obvious yellow and black bee with a great big bloody pair of wings.

    Shortest lived conundrum ever.


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
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    1.618 wrote: »
    Give it a drink of sugary water and send it on it's way...ffs

    I'd say glue some proper wings onto it too, it'll thank you for the help.

    Use the glue they use on model airplanes. That sucker gotta fly.


  • #59
    fin12
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    I actually rescued a bubble bee one time, he was on a window ledge and got stuck in a spiders web and I saw the spider coming out and starting reeling in the web with the Bumble Bee and so I cut the web with a stick and the Bumble Bee climbed on and I placed him outside on the grass and he flew away.

    Bees are becoming extinct, really good documentaries about them on Netflix.


  • #60
    Alf Stewart.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭Alf Stewart.


    fin12 wrote: »
    I actually rescued a bubble bee one time, he was on a window ledge and got stuck in a spiders web and I saw the spider coming out and starting reeling in the web with the Bumble Bee and so I cut the web with a stick and the Bumble Bee climbed on and I placed him outside on the grass and he flew away.

    Bees are becoming extinct, really good documentaries about them on Netflix.

    Burst the spider's I bet. :P


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  • #61
    [Deleted User]
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    fin12 wrote: »
    I actually rescued a bubble bee one time, he was on a window ledge and got stuck in a spiders web and I saw the spider coming out and starting reeling in the web with the Bumble Bee and so I cut the web with a stick and the Bumble Bee climbed on and I placed him outside on the grass and he flew away.

    I once saw a farmer about to kill a sheep, so I burned his house down and rescued the sheep.


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