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Put them in the airing cupboard and see what they hatch into.
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Just looks like builder's filler/goop to me. :eh:
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Count Steer wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 10:41 am Just looks like builder's filler/goop to me. :eh:
They definitely have larvae in there.
They've gone into a bottle and we'll see what develops!
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Sadlonelygit wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 8:51 am Apart from eggs, any idea what these might belong too?
Found them in the uPVC frames
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I get loads of them here, in the window frames, under cushions on the balcony chairs, any small out of the way space. They're mud pots for insect eggs. The culprit is a black flying insect about an inch long with well separated body parts - they look like a black wasp towing a trailer!

I've never looked up what they actually are but I'll do so and try and find/take a picture of one - I had one flying around the house a couple of days ago and whilst they are easy to swat, I opened the window for it to get out. They look like they have a sting in the tail but they've never bothered me nad I've never heard of anyone being stung by them.

*Edit* Probably the black and yellow mud dauber wasp although I don't think thelocal ones have yellow legs. They're often around so I'll try and get a picture of one.
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Yambo wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 10:50 am I've never looked up what they actually are but I'll do so and try and find/take a picture of one
https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/ ... f%20houses.
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Sadlonelygit wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 8:51 am Apart from eggs, any idea what these might belong too?
Found them in the uPVC frames
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They are Atrax Robustus egg sacs. For the love of God man , run, run whilst there's still time!!!
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Panic over, it's been identified!
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Yambo wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 10:50 am - they look like a black wasp

I don't think thelocal ones have yellow legs.
I read that as 'theological' - imagined them all black with a white collar.
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Sadlonelygit wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:20 pm Panic over, it's been identified!
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Doesn't look too dissimilar to looking at the screen during my cystoscopy. :o
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gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:29 pm
Sadlonelygit wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:20 pm Panic over, it's been identified!
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Doesn't look too dissimilar to looking at the screen during my cystoscopy. :o
They put me to sleep during mine :)
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Yorick wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:37 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:29 pm
Sadlonelygit wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:20 pm Panic over, it's been identified!
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Doesn't look too dissimilar to looking at the screen during my cystoscopy. :o
They put me to sleep during mine :)
It wasn't that bad, in fairness. The worse bit was when he squeezed the local anesthetic down my Jap-eye, then proceeded to do what I can only describe as 'reverse milking', whilst pinching closed said Jap-eye, to make sure it went all the way down the shaft. :wtf:

Once you've experienced that, there's little dignity to lose for the rest of the procedure. :D
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gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:46 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:37 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:29 pm

Doesn't look too dissimilar to looking at the screen during my cystoscopy. :o
They put me to sleep during mine :)
It wasn't that bad, in fairness. The worse bit was when he squeezed the local anesthetic down my Jap-eye, then proceeded to do what I can only describe as 'reverse milking', whilst pinching closed said Jap-eye, to make sure it went all the way down the shaft. :wtf:

Once you've experienced that, there's little dignity to lose for the rest of the procedure. :D
I got jab in my arm and a nice sleep.
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Yorick wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:07 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:46 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:37 pm
They put me to sleep during mine :)
It wasn't that bad, in fairness. The worse bit was when he squeezed the local anesthetic down my Jap-eye, then proceeded to do what I can only describe as 'reverse milking', whilst pinching closed said Jap-eye, to make sure it went all the way down the shaft. :wtf:

Once you've experienced that, there's little dignity to lose for the rest of the procedure. :D
I got jab in my arm and a nice sleep.
And no idea what they were doing to you whilst asleep.
Did you not wonder why your bell-end was covered in glitter and two eyes drawn on your nuts when you woke up?
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gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:25 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:07 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:46 pm

It wasn't that bad, in fairness. The worse bit was when he squeezed the local anesthetic down my Jap-eye, then proceeded to do what I can only describe as 'reverse milking', whilst pinching closed said Jap-eye, to make sure it went all the way down the shaft. :wtf:

Once you've experienced that, there's little dignity to lose for the rest of the procedure. :D
I got jab in my arm and a nice sleep.
And no idea what they were doing to you whilst asleep.
Did you not wonder why your bell-end was covered in glitter and two eyes drawn on your nuts when you woke up?
Did you have to pay extra for that?
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Yorick wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:28 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:25 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 1:07 pm
I got jab in my arm and a nice sleep.
And no idea what they were doing to you whilst asleep.
Did you not wonder why your bell-end was covered in glitter and two eyes drawn on your nuts when you woke up?
Did you have to pay extra for that?
Nah. My company has a very, very generous health care policy. Genital graffiti is included. :thumbup:
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gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:46 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:37 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 12:29 pm

Doesn't look too dissimilar to looking at the screen during my cystoscopy. :o
They put me to sleep during mine :)
It wasn't that bad, in fairness. The worse bit was when he squeezed the local anesthetic down my Jap-eye, then proceeded to do what I can only describe as 'reverse milking', whilst pinching closed said Jap-eye, to make sure it went all the way down the shaft. :wtf:

Once you've experienced that, there's little dignity to lose for the rest of the procedure. :D
Pictures or it never happened............oh.....hang on a mo!
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Where do the Pez sweets come out? :eh:
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How many?
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better than an ice cream! :thumbup:


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