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Big hairy bug!

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About the size of the top joint of my index finger. :shrug:

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Cockchafer or sometimes called Maybug
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pikin wrote: Sun Jun 06 2021 14:56 -
Cockchafer or sometimes called Maybug
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When I saw the size of it, I immediately thought chub lure! :laughs:

(And guess what? There are actually quite a few 'may bug' models!). :grin:

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pikin wrote: Sun Jun 06 2021 14:56 -
Cockchafer or sometimes called Maybug

Another name for them is a Doodlebug.
Flies like an unguided pebble noisy buzzing flight and always crashing into things.

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I thought you were talking about :lumby:

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Bob Watson wrote: Mon Jun 07 2021 22:20 -
I thought you were talking about :lumby:

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Also known as the Cockchafer................standing by for incoming quips! :laughs: Used to be great fun when we were kids thwacking then with a badminton racket as they blundered towards you.
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rapsy wrote: Tue Jun 08 2021 10:29 -
Also known as the Cockchafer................standing by for incoming quips! :laughs: Used to be great fun when we were kids thwacking then with a badminton racket as they blundered towards you.
Thwacking with a badminton racket you say? - No sign of any more cockchafers, so I'm just off to pay :lumby: a visit! 🏸 :clown:
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John Milford wrote: Tue Jun 08 2021 11:51 -
rapsy wrote: Tue Jun 08 2021 10:29 -
Also known as the Cockchafer................standing by for incoming quips! :laughs: Used to be great fun when we were kids thwacking then with a badminton racket as they blundered towards you.
Thwacking with a badminton racket you say? - No sign of any more cockchafers, so I'm just off to pay :lumby: a visit! 🏸 :clown:
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John Milford wrote: Tue Jun 08 2021 11:51 -
rapsy wrote: Tue Jun 08 2021 10:29 -
Also known as the Cockchafer................standing by for incoming quips! :laughs: Used to be great fun when we were kids thwacking then with a badminton racket as they blundered towards you.
Thwacking with a badminton racket you say? - No sign of any more cockchafers, so I'm just off to pay :lumby: a visit! 🏸 :clown:
:grin:
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