Pure Evil

[Raffles]

Apr 16, 2014 11:52:22 GMT lairey said:

I'm totally with you on Daddy Longlegs chykensa    Those and moths! 

I must be weird, as I quite like catching them in my hands to put them out, and feeling them tickle! ???

[lairey]

Apr 16, 2014 12:03:56 GMT Raffles said:

Apr 16, 2014 11:52:22 GMT lairey said:

I'm totally with you on Daddy Longlegs chykensa    Those and moths! 

I must be weird, as I quite like catching them in my hands to put them out, and feeling them tickle! ???

Weird is most definitely an understatement Raffles

[CaptainChaos]

Daddy Longlegs have (apparently) got a very nasty poison, but their "nozzles" or whatever their called are too weak to get through anything hahahahaha

I have had a huge "discussion" with a girl from work - she is adamant that 'wasps only sting you if you flap about and wave your arms about'.

I told her that was utter garbage, because wasps are evil & they'll sting you whenever they damn well like, standing still or flapping about, it makes no difference to the yellow & black evilness.

[Debbie13]

Not a fan of wasps or bees....they both sting you....and being friends with a few people who have lost their dogs to these buggers I hate them....no need to go about stinging for no good reason ???

[lairey]

Apr 16, 2014 12:28:00 GMT Debbie13 said:

Not a fan of wasps or bees....they both sting you....and being friends with a few people who have lost their dogs to these buggers I hate them....no need to go about stinging for no good reason ???

TBF, bees only sting if they feel threatened, wasps on the other hand... malicious little goodfornothing nasty creatures

[CaptainChaos]

Especially when it is "apples falling from apple trees" season & the wasps get drunk on the fermenting apple juice aka cider.

They get all nasty & hooliganny ..... you frequently see gangs of drunk wasps marauding around spraying graffiti & setting fire to dustbins and things like that.

The only good wasp is a flat wasp.

[djs]

Apr 16, 2014 12:23:52 GMT CaptainChaos said:

I told her that was utter garbage, because wasps are evil & they'll sting you whenever they damn well like, standing still or flapping about, it makes no difference to the yellow & black evilness.

LOL...

[4madcats]

For gods sake people WTF is wrong with you, are links not good enough, gonna have to have a word with Chrissie about folkies posting piccies of giant crawly insects & that includes blerdy great 'pet' spiders . . . . coming on the forum for a quick mooch while I have a sarnie to be confronted by giant hornets, I'm telling yous seriously someone was very near responsible for picking bits of melted cheese & chicken out of me keyboard

Seriously, don't particularly like wasps, but what I really don't like about is when I see them scarping wood of the fence in the back garden meaning they're making a nest somewhere, usually only somewhere the cats can get to.

Don't mind bees cos they will usually only sting as a last resort & they don't tend to chase you, but in my garden the last resort is usually after they been playfully swatted a few times by a bored cat. It's always fun in spring trying to save lethargic bumble-bees, specially from 'sweetie' cat who will try & eat them after she's grounded them, picture me chasing said cat round the garden shouting spit it out, spit it out, fortunately their hairs are quite prickly so she tends to quite quickly (but she has swallowed a couple whole - she inhales cat treaties so she has a knack) but I'm sure it's only a matter of time

& does anyone know of a good way to clean cat slobber off bumble-bees, poor things   

[4madcats]

Apr 16, 2014 11:52:22 GMT lairey said:

Apr 16, 2014 11:40:02 GMT chykensa said:

Can anyone answer a simple question here - why do wasps exist? We have this conversation in my family every year, and still don't have a plausible answer!
Bees pollinate, flys eat dead matter, and nearly every other insect lives on this planet for a good reason; but wasps!?

This is my worst nightmare;




I know, I'm a wimp, but come autumn they are everywhere in Cornwall, and I hate them. I'll quite happily leave a room to them

I'm totally with you on Daddy Longlegs chykensa    Those and moths! 

Daddy Longlegs have (apparently) got a very nasty poison, but their "nozzles" or whatever their called are too weak to get through anything hahahahaha

Ricky Gervais



I'll have to get a vid of the cats eating daddy long legs, a little ball of spit with legs sticking out

& moths used to have a thing about them too, think it had something to do with an old horror story about someone turning into a giant moth & sucking the life out of people, but I watched a prog about them & apparently they're genetically identical to butterflies only one comes out in the day & one at night & they also have some amazing colours & patterns you just need ultra-violet vision to see them. Been a lot more tolerant about them since then

[lairey]

Apr 16, 2014 15:19:55 GMT 4madcats said:

Apr 16, 2014 11:52:22 GMT lairey said:

I'm totally with you on Daddy Longlegs chykensa    Those and moths! 

Daddy Longlegs have (apparently) got a very nasty poison, but their "nozzles" or whatever their called are too weak to get through anything hahahahaha

Ricky Gervais



I'll have to get a vid of the cats eating daddy long legs, a little ball of spit with legs sticking out

& moths used to have a thing about them too, think it had something to do with an old horror story about someone turning into a giant moth & sucking the life out of people, but I watched a prog about them & apparently they're genetically identical to butterflies only one comes out in the day & one at night & they also have some amazing colours & patterns you just need ultra-violet vision to see them. Been a lot more tolerant about them since then

I don't mind the little moths, it's the big ones with hairy bodies 

[4madcats]

Apr 16, 2014 15:22:04 GMT lairey said:

Apr 16, 2014 15:19:55 GMT 4madcats said:

Ricky Gervais



I'll have to get a vid of the cats eating daddy long legs, a little ball of spit with legs sticking out

& moths used to have a thing about them too, think it had something to do with an old horror story about someone turning into a giant moth & sucking the life out of people, but I watched a prog about them & apparently they're genetically identical to butterflies only one comes out in the day & one at night & they also have some amazing colours & patterns you just need ultra-violet vision to see them. Been a lot more tolerant about them since then

I don't mind the little moths, it's the big ones with hairy bodies 

The ones that'd prickle you while they were sucking the life out of you



making fun out other peoples phobias isn't nice


which is why I never tell anyone about mine

[collie2011]

Nope, moths are the spawn of satan! I dropped an Argos book on a really big one once, Stamped on the book, lifted it up and the bugger still flew off!

Devil spawn!

[tmg]

Ohhh, just thinking about hairy bodied moths makes my toes curl, I hate them, I've stopped parking my car under the streetlight outside in the summer for that very reason, having to run the gauntlet of great big stupid flapping things was creating huge entertainment for my neighbours and kids when I screamed and hurtled my way into the house as something sailed past my ear, but it was doing nowt for my blood pressure. Wasps I also detest but I automatically assume the 'stand as stiff as a plank' position in the hope they'll get bored and go away. I often wondered why I could hear something having a meal out of my garden fence..now I know why, that really isn't going to help my phobia much. I'm really looking forward to summer....

[CaptainChaos]

And here's one to make your bloods curdle ....

First time I went to the far east with my wife, we were at her family's house under the mosquito net (and there's another one I'll come back to) ... I was fast asleep, woke up hearing this sort of buzzy noise, said to my wife "what is that"and she said "I don't know".

Turned the light on .....

A bloody FLYING COCKROACH!!

I mean the crawly ones are bad enough, but giving them wings?

Oh come onnnnnnnnnnnnn

[4madcats]

Apr 16, 2014 16:04:29 GMT tmg said:

Ohhh, just thinking about hairy bodied moths makes my toes curl, I hate them, I've stopped parking my car under the streetlight outside in the summer for that very reason, having to run the gauntlet of great big stupid flapping things was creating huge entertainment for my neighbours and kids when I screamed and hurtled my way into the house as something sailed past my ear, but it was doing nowt for my blood pressure. Wasps I also detest but I automatically assume the 'stand as stiff as a plank' position in the hope they'll get bored and go away. I often wondered why I could hear something having a meal out of my garden fence..now I know why, that really isn't going to help my phobia much. I'm really looking forward to summer....

Yep you can always tell when they've been at a fence, or any outdoor wood, little stripes of clean wood about 1/4inch wide & 3 inches long that look like they've been done by a gnome with hiccups, but they don't like creosote flavoured wood