Whats this bug?

[FrenchTVR]

Can anyone put a name etc to this little critter that I found in the house last night?

Cheers,

[pic]http://www.mickbarrett.com/images/Bug%20008.jpg[/pic]

[TeamD]

Ugh! I don't like the look of that!

[driftwood]

hopefully it's magnified.......

[Incorrigible]

FrenchTVR said:

Can anyone put a name etc to this little critter

Dave

[MARQUE]

man down....ruuuunnnnn (i dont do bugs)

[FunkyNige]

How big was it?
Looks like one of the Weevils to me.

[SlidingSideways]

The lesser or Greater of two weevils?

[FrenchTVR]

FunkyNige said:

How big was it? Looks like one of the Weevils to me.

It's 20mm from tip of antenae to tip of back legs.

Tried calling it Dave, but it just snarled at me

[buzzsaw]

Weevils wobble but they don't fall down

[Kneedowndeano]

i think that you should politly show it the door and ask it to leave. stamping on it will only pi$$ it off

[FrenchTVR]

Kneedowndeano said:

i think that you should politly show it the door and drop it off at my place

OK, no worries

[nel]

Wow - I knew french crabs had a fearsome reputation but I didn't know they were as big as that! Where exactly did you find it...

[mel]

nel said:

Wow - I knew french crabs had a fearsome reputation but I didn't know they were as big as that! Where exactly did you find it...

Down the draws of a Parisian whore ?

[timmy30]

mel said:

nel said: Wow - I knew french crabs had a fearsome reputation but I didn't know they were as big as that! Where exactly did you find it... Down the draws of a Parisian whore ?

[Lois]

I think you should keep it as a pet. Looks kinda cool!

[mybrainhurts]

Incorrigible said:

FrenchTVR said: Can anyone put a name etc to this little critter Dave

I was going to say Dave.

This worries me.........



if it's a pigeon, pigeon will be along in a minute.......

[jonnie5]

mybrainhurts said:

Incorrigible said: FrenchTVR said: Can anyone put a name etc to this little critter Dave I was going to say Dave. This worries me.........

So was I! (But I went and got a sarnie instead!)

So it must be a 'Dave' then!

[lazyitus]

Bloody HELL - DO NOT TOUCH IT.



Native to parts of the UK, that beetle is believed to have arrived in England in the wooden packing material used in cargo shipments from China.

Isolated Bugger Beetle infestations have been discovered in Brooklyn and Bromsgrove, Newport Pagnell, Buxton and in Ipswich. In all instances where Bugger Beetles have been found, authorities have reacted quickly to stop the infestation from spreading.

Trees favored by the Bugger Beetle are predominantly oak, but infestations have also been discovered in KFC, McDonalds and Bargain Booze. Currently, there is no known chemical or biological defense against the Bugger Beetle and, in Ipswich, they have few natural predators. In all cases of infestation, the affected trees or food outlets are burnt down and destroyed.

[lazy_b]

I think Dave might be a mole cricket - see www.david.element.ukgateway.net/grasshoppersandcrickets13molecrickets1.htm

[mybrainhurts]

lazy_b said:

I think Dave might be a mole cricket -

Get off it....

You can't play cricket underground......