Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 17, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2018 It was revealed yesterday that calls to NHS direct about insect bites have more than doubled. Got me thinking what are the best and worst. Based on native ones; I'm going for wasps/hornets as worst and shield bugs are favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Wasps definitely worst. Big fat bumblebees are my favourites as far as UK insects go. Jumping spiders are my favourite bugs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didledee Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hate wasps, stung my dog and she had a bad reaction to it, face swelled really bad and lumps on back, fly things that attract to your tv screen are annoying too. Don't think I've ever thought like "this/that is my fave insect" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Swear a wasp will give my wife a heart attack one day. Had to pull over on the m1 once because one flew in the car and she ran about the hard shoulder flapping about like one of those crazy Swedish girls that ran in front of a lorry. Them woodlice things fuck me over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Winchester White Posted July 17, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2018 I hate woodlice, horrible little bastards. I like bees, though wasps can fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I’m really not happy with horseflies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Them woodlice things fuck me over. Taste like prawns, apparently I like insects/bugs. Spiders are amazing, watching one spin a web is a thing of beauty but some I've seen in tropical climes have made me rather reticent to get too close. Scorpions as well - watched one get 'taken down' by an army of ants once. I'm clearly sad as fook but I was gripped and watched them for about an hour. Used to love sitting in a hammock of an evening in Asia and watching all the bug life fly round the outside lamp - like a real life Planet Earth and much better than the TV. You could see the food chain in action - usually resulting in a fook-off lizard appearing at the end of the night if you were rural. A fella I know was hospitalised from a horse fly bite when out golfing t'other day - anything that flies and bites/sucks blood is a turn off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted July 17, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2018 Wasps = nature’s wankers. Favourite are dragon flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I'm quite partial to them tiny red spiders that only live on flagstones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boby Brno Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I’ve been stung a few times by wasps and it’s painfull for an hour or so. Im one of those people that attracts insects and a midges bite is irritating and uncomfortable for a week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Horseflies for me. Awful reaction when they've had a feed and has resulted in NHS trips before now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I'm quite partial to them tiny red spiders that only live on flagstones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hate wasps. Quite like Coccinellidae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted July 17, 2018 Moderators Share Posted July 17, 2018 Taste like prawns, apparently I like insects/bugs. Spiders are amazing, watching one spin a web is a thing of beauty but some I've seen in tropical climes have made me rather reticent to get too close. Got a lot of time for spiders and their tactical use of webs to do in other insects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Got a lot of time for spiders and their tactical use of webs to do in other insects Who teaches them how to make one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Who teaches them how to make one? Batman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Laughed heartily when my mate got stung by a hornet batting it away from me in Guimaraes until he threw up on me on the flight home just as they Brought my meal out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted July 17, 2018 Moderators Share Posted July 17, 2018 Who teaches them how to make one? Probably their dads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted July 17, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) If a greenfly or ladybird lands on me I try and push them off gently, wasps can fuck right off and I'll swat em if I get the chance, bees are ace, but every time I open my back door one or two fly in to the kitchen (can't see a nest), saved about 40 of em that have looked dead, placed em on a plate and given them sugar and let them out into the garden. Spiders are a funny one, always had a fear of them but have learnt to overcome the fear with self hypnosis (I think that's what I've done). Happy to let em stroll about now. Edit, forgot about the horsefly, the most horrible fucker of the lot, one left me with a bloody arm yesterday but it's cleared up now, it was only the size of a normal fly though, seen some folk with horrible wounds off these critters. Edited July 17, 2018 by Alf Hartigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I was rudely awakened last week just after getting off (to sleep) by an awareness something was mooching about on my eyebrow. It was a black bug with a big fat single abdomen, the cunt either bit me or squirted acid, it hurt whatever it did. Probably came off the tree outside through the velux window, anyway I nominate that cunt for most hated. Lazy sluggish bumblebees are loved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted July 18, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2018 something bit or stang me last week, right at the top of my leg.. came out with a huge blistery sore.. not a fan of bugs, customer had atlas moth cocoons in her house, absolute massive! Buys them online but not allowed to let them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) It's not a woman it's a bloke. Check out the cellar, there'll be some poor girl imprisoned at the bottom of a disused well... Edited July 18, 2018 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 fucking hate wasps dont have a fav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter White on Tyne Posted July 18, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2018 I love it when flies or moths get frazzled in those electric light zappers they have in pubs and cafes. One bug was so big that it caused the lights in the bar to flicker whilst it grilled the fucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 18, 2018 Author Site Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2018 Moths (together with spiders) are creatures that I've learned to tolerate and appreciate as I've got older. Whilst at uni, I'd been for a few beers with a lad from county Durham. Got back to the digs and went in the communal kitchen where several people were having a brew. My pissed mate suddenly grabbed a large moth off the wall and proceeded to chomp the poor fucker in front of everyone. Always felt a bit sorry for moths since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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