Pianolady
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: What's this bug called? |
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Droopy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Yikes!  It's scary. How big is it? Does it sting?
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toni
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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Don't know what his mother calls him but ugly comes to mind. 
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Pianolady
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Droopy wrote: | | Yikes! It's scary. How big is it? Does it sting? |
I don't know, he didn't sting me and I was harassing him. LOL It's not too big, less than 2" long.
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dooley
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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It looks big and it looks mean. I'm happy you took that picture and not me. dooley
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eileen
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Oh I really don't like the look of that!!! Sorry I haven't a clue what it is I just hope I don't have any in my garden.
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cornishwoman
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looks like a horse fly.cw
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Sjoerd
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Pianolady
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| Sjoerd wrote: | | It's a Robber fly (Promachus rufipes). |
That's it! Thanks.
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kuntrygal
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: |
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It is two inches ... too much! U G L Y! A face only a mother could love!
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CowgirlU
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I dont even think a mother could love that thing!
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