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 Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:02 am
Try the inch-and-a-half long mosquitoes here in Ballarat on for size. -shivers-
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:54 am
We have weta.  Although I've only ever seen one my whole life and I didn't find it scary then, as a child, so as a result now I quite like them.
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 7:45 am
We don't have 1.5 inch mosquitoes, but this year we're gonna have a ton. The repeated high flooding has left the ground saturated and area's usually above the local water level have become small stagnant pools. Mosquito larva paradise. I'm not going to be able to step outside with out a gallon of repellent on.
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 4:13 pm
Shearaha We don't have 1.5 inch mosquitoes, but this year we're gonna have a ton. The repeated high flooding has left the ground saturated and area's usually above the local water level have become small stagnant pools. Mosquito larva paradise. I'm not going to be able to step outside with out a gallon of repellent on. I live on the edge of a swamp. I understand your pain. gonk
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 7:21 pm
Sanguina Cruenta We have weta. Although I've only ever seen one my whole life and I didn't find it scary then, as a child, so as a result now I quite like them. Part me is feels like; "Well, I lived a good life. Can't live on the same planet as those guys." Another part is like; "I could buy it a leash, and name it Hubert Morningdale, and feed it kibbles n bits."
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 9:08 pm
Corabella Part me is feels like; "Well, I lived a good life. Can't live on the same planet as those guys." Another part is like; "I could buy it a leash, and name it Hubert Morningdale, and feed it kibbles n bits." It's okay, they only live in my country and anyway in 25 years I've only seen one. The big big ones only live on one tiny island because the rats and cats have eaten them all.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 4:59 am
Afro-Dawg Shearaha We don't have 1.5 inch mosquitoes, but this year we're gonna have a ton. The repeated high flooding has left the ground saturated and area's usually above the local water level have become small stagnant pools. Mosquito larva paradise. I'm not going to be able to step outside with out a gallon of repellent on. I live on the edge of a swamp. I understand your pain. gonk Thanks to the city and it's oh so brilliant water management our back yard is now a flood plain. In other news I'm now convinced that we have a Bobcat living in the woods behind the house mrgreen Last fall I found a tree that had been shredded and the height and distance between the claw marks was consistent with a Bobcat, but there were no other signs. Tuesday evening Hubby and I were taking a walk and found a kill. Wounds were consistent with a cat vs the feral dogs/coyotes we have in the area and there was another shredded tree and scat as well 4laugh
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:30 pm
Corabella Sanguina Cruenta We have weta. Although I've only ever seen one my whole life and I didn't find it scary then, as a child, so as a result now I quite like them. Part me is feels like; "Well, I lived a good life. Can't live on the same planet as those guys." Another part is like; "I could buy it a leash, and name it Hubert Morningdale, and feed it kibbles n bits." unless it latches on to you and feeds on your blood, possibly leaving behinds diseases, I don't have a problem with it. Even if it did, at least you could see one of those coming. And Corabella, Hubert Morningdale? Why does that sound kind of familiear?
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 2:33 pm
Shearaha Afro-Dawg Shearaha We don't have 1.5 inch mosquitoes, but this year we're gonna have a ton. The repeated high flooding has left the ground saturated and area's usually above the local water level have become small stagnant pools. Mosquito larva paradise. I'm not going to be able to step outside with out a gallon of repellent on. I live on the edge of a swamp. I understand your pain. gonk Thanks to the city and it's oh so brilliant water management our back yard is now a flood plain. I can relate to that. Someone thought it would be a brilliant idea to fill in the swamp near my dad's place to build a housing development. What they accomplished was to raise the already high water table for the entire area and now everyone's yard and septic system floods every time it rains. And did I mention this has been one of the wettest years I can remember around here?
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:22 pm
CalledTheRaven Corabella Sanguina Cruenta We have weta. Although I've only ever seen one my whole life and I didn't find it scary then, as a child, so as a result now I quite like them. Part me is feels like; "Well, I lived a good life. Can't live on the same planet as those guys." Another part is like; "I could buy it a leash, and name it Hubert Morningdale, and feed it kibbles n bits." unless it latches on to you and feeds on your blood, possibly leaving behinds diseases, I don't have a problem with it. Even if it did, at least you could see one of those coming. And Corabella, Hubert Morningdale? Why does that sound kind of familiear? There's a finger puppet in Salad Fingers called Hubert Cumberdale.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:52 am
CalledTheRaven Shearaha Afro-Dawg Shearaha We don't have 1.5 inch mosquitoes, but this year we're gonna have a ton. The repeated high flooding has left the ground saturated and area's usually above the local water level have become small stagnant pools. Mosquito larva paradise. I'm not going to be able to step outside with out a gallon of repellent on. I live on the edge of a swamp. I understand your pain. gonk Thanks to the city and it's oh so brilliant water management our back yard is now a flood plain. I can relate to that. Someone thought it would be a brilliant idea to fill in the swamp near my dad's place to build a housing development. What they accomplished was to raise the already high water table for the entire area and now everyone's yard and septic system floods every time it rains. And did I mention this has been one of the wettest years I can remember around here? The city expanded the culvert that goes under the road/bridge in front of our house. The stream curves as soon as it exits. This has resulted in the erosion of the bank under the bridge that is our driveway and increased flooding in the back. It used to be forested, now it's a flooded forest and trees that have been there for decades are being uprooted because of the increased erosion and constant flooding.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:20 pm
Oh yeah Shearaha, I get that. My dad lives on 16 acres of woods. All those trees with shallow root systems just fall over in a moderate wind.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 6:10 am
Sanguina Cruenta We have weta. Although I've only ever seen one my whole life and I didn't find it scary then, as a child, so as a result now I quite like them. I've always wanted to hold a weta that big! Might wanna get my arse over to NZ first though...
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 5:56 pm
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 7:56 pm
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