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 Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject: few amphib snaps from the weekend (pic heavy) |
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Hey all, had a friend here for the weekend so we went for a spot of herping - was a good day
Common Toad - Bufo bufo
Common Frogs - Rana temporaria
Almost Fully metamorphosised palmate Newt - Triturus helveticus
and this fly was drinking my blood - it burst when i pulled it off me, what is it?
oh, and the video from the day:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VrSMja9P32g
Erik
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lol93
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Nice pics! I like the toad!
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thanks "lol93" 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:50 am Post subject: |
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do you mean the fly burst or your finger erik!!!  is it a midge?
i like the wee newt, great pics.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:35 am Post subject: |
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yea Lynne, it was sucking the blood on my arm & when i pulled it off, it burst in my fingers, and on my arm, and pretty much a fair few other places, nasty stuff lol - hope it was just my blood and not some weirdos blood too...
reasonably concerning actually
but i have no idea what it was, too big to be a midge
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lol93
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Looks like a horsefly. They're nasty things, and you'll probably have a sore, itchy spot on your arm now.
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I'm used to like a million midge bites ( ) so it ain't all that itchy, but yea, its a bit sore yes
i get bitten by them horse fly things more int he summers gone too, it hurts like hell when they get you initially, but that wee one i didn't notice till it was pointed out to me, and it got a good ol' drink
hate bugs haha
cheers
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