Did a nuclear bomb go off over night???

[Streetrod]

Because it appears that freakish sized insects have appeared in our front garden this morning, these could only be the result of a nuclear attack

Edited by Streetrod on Saturday 23 June 19:05

[condor]

looks like a stag beetle to me

[pidsy]

I didnt realise they were native in the uk, they get a lot bigger than that too.

[bexVN]

It is a Stag Beetle. I'd love to see one in my garden. No nuclear explosion, perfectly normal creature.

Must be a good year for them this is the second mention of them on a thread very recently.

[anonymous-user]

I love stag beetles - very cool critters

[Fort Jefferson]

pidsy said:

I didnt realise they were native in the uk,

I didn't realize the stole credit cards either.

[Manicminer]

Hope your bank account is empty too Colin - we've now got a name, card number and security number along with expiry date.

These Stag beetles certainly are crooked critters.

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yes I do realise it's not a security number - just the last 4 digits

[anonymous-user]

I was thinking the same having quite easily read Colin's name, card number, expiry date and CVV code from his post. I'd cancel that card right now!

[DarrenL]

lovely little creatures. Not violent, unless robbing you. Poor Colin.

[Streetrod]

Yes I think I was a little daft to use my credit card, hopefully this covers up the offending image

[Manicminer]

Too late - ipad 3 on its way to my place. Ta very much

[Streetrod]

Please dont, I am poor and stupid and have many kids to feed. What was I thinking

[Manicminer]

I wouldn't dream of it!

[S1_RS]

I just tried to buy a new laptop, insufficient funds. Seems like your account's been rinsed already.

[wiggy001]

The sad thing about this picture is that it's made me realise that I haven't seen a stag beetle in years.

Have they become much rarer over the last x years?

[Streetrod]

Thanks guys you have just panicked me into cancelling my card, I must have been suffering from the nuclear fallout that created that beetle

[ShampooEfficient]

And the speech bubble's the wrong way round...

[YesItsAVW]

[Who me ?]

Streetrod said:

Because it appears that freakish sized insects have appeared in our front garden this morning, these could only be the result of a nuclear attack

Edited by Streetrod on Saturday 23 June 19:05

He's on his way to a Stag do,and the bad news is that he's got your credit card .

[Jasandjules]

bexVN said:

It is a Stag Beetle. I'd love to see one in my garden. No nuclear explosion, perfectly normal creature.

Must be a good year for them this is the second mention of them on a thread very recently.

Yup, found one out walking the dogs the other day, then another one yesterday but it was a whole lot flatter than I would have liked...

OP, there is a request somewhere or other to record their sizes and report them..... If you are interested in doing that, google it?