houndzrus Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 None of us are very keen on it except the giant snails who are revelling in it and dashing about. :laugh: Jazz & Ange Random sign from our hols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Do we have any entomologists on board? Did it look like this? (colours can vary from yellow to browny) If so its a European hornet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 It's 23 in my bedroom, with windows open and a good breeze blowing straight through the house. None of us are very keen on it except the giant snails who are revelling in it and dashing about. Its about 26 in my front room now, got a nice breeze coming through from the window. Front room hardly ever goes below 23'c because of the menagerie Snails are having fun - big Africans are kipping, baby Africans are sliming about, Asian snails eating, Eurosnails in the kitchen kipping, Eurosnails in front room eating, Peurto Rican snails sliming, think some are getting jiggy...stick insects just starting to wake up, as are the snakes, crabs thundering about their tank very loudly, tarantulas all digesting, roaches nomming Can't see the millipedes but guess they are kipping. HRH kipping on my bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 for Loo and Red Rotties. Sleep well Misty Hope you're ok Jazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collies r best Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Not sure if the bee thing by the pond was a hornet but it was hairless [as far as i could see!], noisy and bright yellow and black stripes but def not a bumble bee:unsure: had a good look as it rested on a plant leaf as i was checking the pond. As i live in Guernsey it'll not be the same one Owl had visit her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Fab I am wondering if I will get a call saying can you come and get your little girl please as she keeps asking for her mummy?! (yes I know she's a dog but she's also my baby ) My back still hurts and got pulled again when I had to grab Sno and stop him going into a corner. Blimmin flies Once got a phone call from our vets saying "your dog is ready to go home and please can you get him NOW because the vet cant start afternoon consults till he goes home because he cant hear what clients are saying over the din" When Izzie was speyed i got a medical pet shirt from the vets as she went mad and panicked when they put a buster collar on her. The only downside to the shirt is having to undo the bum velcro so they can pee otherwise it was great. http://www.medicalpetshirts.com/pages/44uk...cteristics.html Never seen an official version but everyone used to laugh at me for putting an old swimming costume on a bitch to keep them off the stitches. Might have looked a bit odd but it worked. Guess someone else beat me to the patent for that idea though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melp Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Angela stop worrying! I am so hot I may melt. Hot enough to have worn a bikini to a freinds BBQ this evening. I also wore orange armbands, blue swimming goggles and a straw hat. My children luff me loads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 No, it wasn't anything like that hornet. Different shape, less of a waist, and it didn't have those dot-type markings on the stripes. It had unbroken wide bands in shades of brown and amber. It was more of a bee shape than a wasp shape, rather like a whacking great andrena bee. I measured it against my thumb - as well as I could without annoying it more - and have now looked at my thumb against a ruler. This bee was close to 2". I am wondering if it was a non-native bee come over in the heat wave. I'm kicking myself for not taking notes on it, but when you have an angry giant bee and an excited pointery fing trying to retrieve it, it's safety first. Exciting event number 2: inspired by the heat, Big Margie has just laid an egg! This snail was one of 2 babies which KathyM sent me. The other one never really did well, don't know why. It was slower growing and before long shuffled off So if my margie has mated with anything it must have been a fulica or a fulica x albopicta cos I had several of those, v cute with pink tips to their shells In theory a fulica can't breed with a marginata, but in practice I know it has happened. A margie belonging to a lady in Scotland had a few babies which were crosses with fulica. I'm very inclined to see if I can hatch this egg and see what it produces, if anything. I'm down to the margie and 3 dwarf fulica who never grew much, so hardly getting overrun. Hi Rachel, nice to see you here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 my hip and back are ok now, im glad to say. im off to bed in a min xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobean Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 (edited) Evening Hope everyone is ok. You've been yakking well today. Ange M-M should be fine and just shrug it off. Sheena had an evil streak when wearing a buster collar. She thought it was great fun and took great joy in ram raiding all of us whenever she had one on. She was a divil with trying to fiddle with stitches so deffo needed one. at Mel. Hope your children feel the same when they're teenagers. There are some right numties in the big brother house. I've caught it by mistake tonight. Does anyone know of any town centre shops that give cash back with a debit card? Edited July 1, 2009 by Jacobean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 ASDA does michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Evening I have very little of interest to say today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 No, it wasn't anything like that hornet. Different shape, less of a waist, and it didn't have those dot-type markings on the stripes. It had unbroken wide bands in shades of brown and amber. It was more of a bee shape than a wasp shape, rather like a whacking great andrena bee. I measured it against my thumb - as well as I could without annoying it more - and have now looked at my thumb against a ruler. This bee was close to 2". I am wondering if it was a non-native bee come over in the heat wave. I'm kicking myself for not taking notes on it, but when you have an angry giant bee and an excited pointery fing trying to retrieve it, it's safety first. Exciting event number 2: inspired by the heat, Big Margie has just laid an egg! This snail was one of 2 babies which KathyM sent me. The other one never really did well, don't know why. It was slower growing and before long shuffled off So if my margie has mated with anything it must have been a fulica or a fulica x albopicta cos I had several of those, v cute with pink tips to their shells In theory a fulica can't breed with a marginata, but in practice I know it has happened. A margie belonging to a lady in Scotland had a few babies which were crosses with fulica. I'm very inclined to see if I can hatch this egg and see what it produces, if anything. I'm down to the margie and 3 dwarf fulica who never grew much, so hardly getting overrun. Hi Rachel, nice to see you here Possibly a non-native...will have a look and see what else it could be. If you want some more snails give me a shout if you're not overrun - got some beautiful A.immaculata... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spins4me Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Does anyone know of any town centre shops that give cash back with a debit card? Sainsburys and Waitrose do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Possibly a non-native...will have a look and see what else it could be. If you want some more snails give me a shout if you're not overrun - got some beautiful A.immaculata... Ooooo Will have a think about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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