Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 6:13 pm
Found this big boy climbing the living room curtain, hope there’s not a nest oop chimney.
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 6:15 pm
Must be really bloody strong if it could fly around your curtains carrying that glass.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:04 pm
It certainly looks big enough to do so!Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 6:15 pm Must be really bloody strong if it could fly around your curtains carrying that glass.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:29 pm
That's a beaut! They are pretty stunning (and thankfully not as aggressive as the bolshy Asian type, but still bad news for honey bees 
). Did see a nest in a tree stump locally but a badger found it too. Badgers must be well 'ard!
). Did see a nest in a tree stump locally but a badger found it too. Badgers must be well 'ard!Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:18 pm
Count Steer wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:29 pm That's a beaut! They are pretty stunning (and thankfully not as aggressive as the bolshy Asian type, but still bad news for honey bees
Quite a lot more hornets around here this year, there's usually a couple hovering around the cat food stations. The reason there's more around is because of a reduction in the bee population following last year's wild fires.
This year, the bee keepers moved most of the hives inland to the Afyon area because of the threat of more fires. Quite a lot of colonies were lost last year.
Apparently, higher bee numbers keeps hornet numbers down.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:20 pm
Badgers like their grub with a bit of fizz.Count Steer wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:29 pm That's a beaut! They are pretty stunning (and thankfully not as aggressive as the bolshy Asian type, but still bad news for honey bees
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:43 am
That's an interesting one. They don't compete for food as hornets are mainly carnivores but, like common wasps, they'll go for sugary things like fallen fruit. They'll prey on honey bees but my bee keeping neighbour says they're not a problem. Don't see many and had never seen one in the UK until the last few years...the first one was a shock, they're like the 747 of the wasp world!Yambo wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:18 pmCount Steer wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:29 pm That's a beaut! They are pretty stunning (and thankfully not as aggressive as the bolshy Asian type, but still bad news for honey bees
Quite a lot more hornets around here this year, there's usually a couple hovering around the cat food stations. The reason there's more around is because of a reduction in the bee population following last year's wild fires.
This year, the bee keepers moved most of the hives inland to the Afyon area because of the threat of more fires. Quite a lot of colonies were lost last year.
Apparently, higher bee numbers keeps hornet numbers down.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:37 am
There are loads on my aunt's farm in Denmark...they're the equivalent of wasps for them, always hanging around your BBQ.
It's the sound which surprised me! Proper deep flapping father rather than a buzz.
It's the sound which surprised me! Proper deep flapping father rather than a buzz.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:43 am
Finally, a bit of time to get their feet up and some well earned reset!
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 10:46 am
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:19 pm
Time to buy a lottery ticket?
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:45 pm
No. You have used up all this year's allowance of luck
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:24 pm
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:37 pm
Wassat?
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:14 pm
Probably beef jerky, Bit Chicken, Bit spice
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:23 pm
Malaysian Beef Jerky, 95a Elizabeth Street NYC. I used to swap that for BIKE magazine with a Yank biker I knew from another forum many, many years ago. LOst touch with him, but when we went NYC in 2014 I found it. I looked it up tonight and its still going! Hopefully, I'll be there scoffing some of that again next year!
https://malaysiabeefjerky.com/
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:20 am
So what is Beef Jerky like. Last bag i was given it stank so a bit never passed my lips and the dog got it as tit bits. I will presume fresh and hot will be different than a bag of shite out Tesco
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:23 am
Very tasty. Some of it is nice and soft and easy to munch on, others are like sucking leather. In my experience jerky is softer/nicer than South African biltong.Felix wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:20 am So what is Beef Jerky like. Last bag i was given it stank so a bit never passed my lips and the dog got it as tit bits. I will presume fresh and hot will be different than a bag of shite out Tesco
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 11:39 am
I have memories of the Gremlinette gnawing a chunk of beef jerky for hours when she was about 2 years-old. It was jerky that made her vegetarianism collapse after nearly three years 
I've been in a biltong shop in SA which had nigh-on any dead animal you could think of dried, spiced and hung, ready to be consumed. Lovely stuff.
I've been in a biltong shop in SA which had nigh-on any dead animal you could think of dried, spiced and hung, ready to be consumed. Lovely stuff.