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guess what happened here ?

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that's right. i was trying to kill a bug after midnight last night (this morning). the bug was on the stairs and I decided my best strategy was to keep throwing newspapers and magazines at it from the landing until i hit it.

In the end i stunned it by bashing it directly with a Swimsuit wearing 'celebrity' called Michelle (on the cover of Heat magazine).

I then trapped it under a glass so i could inspect it in the morning. notice the sugar bowl on top in case the beasty woke up and tried to push the glass out of the way.

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here are a couple of photos of the beast
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jane and i are proposing a 'bush tucker trial' for anyone interested

5 Comments

Feisty Girl said:

Looks like a June Bug!

funkypancake said:

having googled myself silly on insects i suspect you are right. though we call them May Bugs which would be right for this time of year.

not sure why i've never seen one before. it's horrible !

andrew said:

Next you'll be telling us the Oktoberfest is in September ;-)

Sarah said:

I grew up in the country up here in Minnesota, and I could tell you stories about the SWARMS of June bugs that would attack my friends and me as we camped out in my parents' back yard. SWARMS, I tell you. Disgusting. And what's almost worse is driving through a vast cloud of them at night. There's no word to discribe the mess that makes!

sandi said:

aww it's a cockchafer and despite their name and appearance they're friendly little creatures!

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