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« on: 17 August 2009, 20:55:58 »
Has anybody seen one of these beetles before? The thing  landed on my car as I was parking  I've never seen anything like it before its aproximately 5cm long not including the antenna  :o
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #1 on: 17 August 2009, 22:11:49 »
send it to the british museum, your get an answer back from them very quick. i see a strange spider when i was with my x and sent them a pic. turned out it was a banana spider came across here in the fruit and veg cargo
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #2 on: 17 August 2009, 22:19:31 »
Thanks Richie I'll try that. I've been trawling the web all evening cant find any info at all :y
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #3 on: 19 August 2009, 21:48:49 »
I have found out what it is no thanks to the Natural History Museum they couldn't even be bothered to reply to my email they apparently charge £80 . However I got in touch with a Dr David A Kendall an entemologist via his website he said to quote
"Large Poplar Longhorn Beetle or Poplar Borer, scientific name: Saperda carcharias. Fairly rare in the UK - interesting sighting & worth recording in the National Biological Records
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #4 on: 19 August 2009, 21:53:07 »
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I have found out what it is no thanks to the Natural History Museum they couldn't even be bothered to reply to my email they apparently charge £80 . However I got in touch with a Dr David A Kendall an entemologist via his website he said to quote
"Large Poplar Longhorn Beetle or Poplar Borer, scientific name: Saperda carcharias. Fairly rare in the UK - interesting sighting & worth recording in the National Biological Records

Great response  :y
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #5 on: 19 August 2009, 22:00:07 »
Thats what I thought absolutely brilliant :y
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #6 on: 19 August 2009, 22:00:32 »
you didnt speak to dr ross geller then  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #7 on: 19 August 2009, 22:07:17 »
He's a palaeontologist :-?
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #8 on: 19 August 2009, 22:19:38 »
Understand they're great on a barbie  :) ;)
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #9 on: 19 August 2009, 22:50:01 »
 :D :D :D :D :y
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #10 on: 19 August 2009, 22:53:21 »
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Understand they're great on a barbie  :) ;)

What? Palaeontologists? :-/
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #11 on: 19 August 2009, 22:59:48 »
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He's a palaeontologist :-?

so you watch friends then, thats sad  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Wied bug
« Reply #12 on: 19 August 2009, 23:07:23 »
Its out them yes I am sad Need to get out more.
I am also a smartarse a paleaontologist digs up dinosaurs ::)
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« Reply #13 on: 19 August 2009, 23:11:23 »
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Its out them yes I am sad Need to get out more.
I am also a smartarse a paleaontologist digs up dinosaurs ::)

freinds is one of my fav progs, i think the humour is excellent, that and scrubs  ;)
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« Reply #14 on: 19 August 2009, 23:14:37 »
both excelent progs :y
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