Thread: What it is?

or a giant water bug

Originally Posted by baldrick

or a giant water bug

a bitey one

Lethocerus indicus - well done balders

^^^ I'm gonna give you it.

I netted this giant water scorpion out of the pool this morning... we get quite a lot fly in in the wet weather. There will be people collecting them at night with torches in the flooded land around our house.



I don't want to get picky because I don't know enough about it, but...

This is known as a giant water scorpion (Nepa cinerea), which isn't a scorpion at all but an insect, Order Hempitera, Family Nepidae.

It seems the giant water bug (Lethocerus indicus) is a little bit different. Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera, Family Belostomatidae.

But I don't want to get too technical here and after discussion with the adjudicators have decided to award Baldrick an 'owed Green'.

Well done Baldrick!

Nepa cinerea Now I know.
I saw one in the garden the other day, ugly looking customer. It flew off as I approached and surprised me with its orange/red abdomen. I tried to describe it to the gf, to her it was an insect, end of story, she couldn't recognise it from my description.
I thought it was rather exotic. Now I look it up I find that it is common and widespread in the UK. I had never seen one there.

Originally Posted by Mendip

I'm gonna give you it.

I don't want it

Originally Posted by baldrick

I don't want it

You could at least of zoomed in on some eng tech, well sod you i'll do one

Wire brush?

Warm.

Tooth brush?

Warm..

Nail brush

Still warm

Scrubbing brush?

Still warm wrong use

Hair brush?

Nope.

Clothes brush?

Still warm but wrong use

Clue? its a brush or do you want a clue on use?

English version of this ?

some eng tech

^ Not a brush!!!!

A shoe brush?

^^Pedant !