I might be going feral

[Big Dave]

Placed it gently back in the garden.

<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_design/.Pictures/misc3/weta.jpg">

[Grizzo]

:eek:Dude, that thing is truely fuckin repulsive. I dont think it belongs in the garden, I think it belongs in another galaxy!

[yod]

whats his name?

big steve?

[Big Dave]

Aww, c'mon man - it's only harley-davidson glove.....:rolleyes:

[Grizzo]

Aww, c'mon man - it's only harley-davidson glove.....:rolleyes:
:lol: True! I remember seeing those critters when I lived in Welli. It's been years since Iv'e seen one.

[fliplid]

What? The gloves or Wetas? :confused:

[1vanvan1]

Placed it gently back in the garden.

<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_design/.Pictures/misc3/weta.jpg">

It's a girl!

[jrandom]

It's a girl!

Yes, that's the first thing that struck me too.

Cool critters.

[Laava]

Do we start a "Show us your oviposter" thread?

[MsKABC]

We found a bigger one than that in our lounge the other day! Cool, but creepy at the same time :)

[Big Dave]

Is that a common or cave?
What signifies gender?

[Manxman]

Placed it gently back in the garden.

<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_design/.Pictures/misc3/weta.jpg">

If that fat bustard came anywhere near me, I'd be "placing it gently" under my size 11s.:whistle:

Eeeew.

Oops, sorry, it's a local endangered species thingy.:doh:

Crikey, the biggest things I came across back on The Rock, were (drum roll) earwigs. Nasty l'il feckers, with a set of calipers for an arse.:gob:

[sinfull]

Is that a common or cave?
What signifies gender?

"I was thinkin sticky out thing" and "wow lucky critter" in the same instant, till they went and blew it with the girl thang !

[1vanvan1]

Do we start a "Show us your oviposter" thread?

We could ....

Found this guy sheltering in our tent between the fly and main part. Was raining hard that night so he must of needed shelter.

[Ixion]

I really loathe those things. Get a lot of them, and I find get smashed very flat. They're damn hard to smash too. Quite harmless, I know. I just loathe them. I don't give a flying F if they are some protected native species or not. They're going to be pulped .

[Manxman]

We could ....

Found this guy sheltering in our tent between the fly and main part. Was raining hard that night so he must of needed shelter.

If that fat bustard came anywhere near me, I'd be "sheltering it" under my size 11s.

...anyone spot a theme here?

[Big Dave]

We could ....



I vote for a thread name change.

I noted that you can now change a thread name yourself - sans mod - until it contains a reply.

[jrandom]

Is that a common or cave?

Auckland tree weta. Hemideina thoracica. Since I know you're anti-searching-Wikipedia-yourself.


What signifies gender?

The ovipositor (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ovipositor). That spike sticking out her arse.

[1vanvan1]

Is that a common or cave?
What signifies gender?

Just a common weta. Females have the longer ovipositor.

[FJRider]

Which one... ?

[Big Dave]

If that fat bustard came anywhere near me, I'd be "sheltering it" under my size 11s.

...anyone spot a theme here?

You can't spell Bugger?

[Big Dave]

Auckland tree weta. Hemideina thoracica. Since I know you're anti-searching-Wikipedia-yourself.


It's more I'm pro conversation and possible tangents.

[Manxman]

You can't spell Bugger?

Got it in ....

Wait, no, that's not it.

[1vanvan1]

I really loathe those things. Get a lot of them, and I find get smashed very flat. They're damn hard to smash too. Quite harmless, I know. I just loathe them. I don't give a flying F if they are some protected native species or not. They're going to be pulped .

Thats not nice. We kept some when I was at primary school as classroom pets. People caught ones they found and bought them in. We had quite a larger collection at one point. We feed them slices of apples from our lunch.

We did a big study on them. From memory i think our skin burns them when we touch them. I may be wrong though, and probably am. Was probably the teachers not wanting us to play with them because she didn't like them.

[Bren]

Whilst talking bugs I am gettin pissed off at all the muthafucka cockroaches up here...never got em tthis big in Christchurch...

[Big Dave]

Nuke 'em....no, wait....

[SARGE]

no Dave.. if you were Feral.. youda ate it..

[Big Dave]

no Dave.. if you were Feral.. youda ate it..

I'm still belching Burrito.

[wilber]

Cave wetas legs are a lot longer 3x and the bugger can jump 2m I read somewhere awhile back

[R6_kid]

I heard they taste like chicken, or was it peanut butter?

[Ixion]

Thats not nice. We kept some when I was at primary school as classroom pets. People caught ones they found and bought them in. We had quite a larger collection at one point. We feed them slices of apples from our lunch.

We did a big study on them. From memory i think our skin burns them when we touch them. I may be wrong though, and probably am. Was probably the teachers not wanting us to play with them because she didn't like them.

No, I think she was trying it on. Though, like most insects they harbour a fairly nasty bacterial load. Mrs Ixion spiked her hand on one of the sharp spiney bits of one hiding in a bunch of flowers, and the wound took a long time to heal and went quite red and nasty. But essentially, they're harmless, just vile and loathsome , which is why I will continue to pulp them .The only good weta is a pulped weta. Chooks will eat them BTW, they seem to regard them as a delicacy. But that's chooks for y'.

[Creeping Death]

I heard they taste like chicken, or was it peanut butter?

Thems be huhu grubs....mmmmm....huuuhuuu gruuubbbsss:drool:

[Oscar]

Of course, in the Tron - they bred 'em big...

[imdying]

I really loathe those things. Get a lot of them, and I find get smashed very flat. They're damn hard to smash too. Quite harmless, I know. I just loathe them. I don't give a flying F if they are some protected native species or not. They're going to be pulped .If you hook 12 volts up to your leccy fly swat, they smoke :D (be warned though, they stink pretty bad whilst they burn)

[Big Dave]

Of course, in the Tron - they bred 'em big...


Muther fukker!

[cave weta]

Woo Hoo - a thead about my cuzzies.


I heard they taste like chicken, or was it peanut butter?

Taste this! its fowl!

Lovely things ar'nt they! Rud Klienpester taught me how to love em! they bristle with spikes and attitude but will never hurt ya.

just gently pick em up and put them in a flax bush if there is one handy.

If ya like em come onone of my tours and fill ya boots- the gold mines are full of em.:eek:

[jrandom]

Of course, in the Tron - they bred 'em big...

What the hell is that, some sort of bionic übercricket?

[Oscar]

What the hell is that, some sort of bionic übercricket?

Copper sculpture.
A bloke in Ham East makes 'em.

[jrandom]

Copper sculpture.
A bloke in Ham East makes 'em.

I'd love to have one. Could you PM me his contact details? How much does he charge?

[cave weta]

they're harmless, just vile and loathsome ,.

jeez ixion! :bash:

[Oscar]

I'd love to have one. Could you PM me his contact details? How much does he charge?

We got one for our new house - cost about seven hundy as I recall.
He's an electrical engineer and does them part time, so you can be waiting three or four months. He also does stick insects and spiders (the Weta is the best, though ours is about 1m long and way cool)-I'll dig out his details and send 'em to ya.

[Finn]

Oops, sorry, it's a local endangered species thingy.:doh:

Actually they're not endangered so squash away.

[jrandom]

We got one for our new house - cost about seven hundy as I recall.
He's an electrical engineer and does them part time, so you can be waiting three or four months. He also does stick insects and spiders (the Weta is the best, though ours is about 1m long and way cool)-I'll dig out his details and send 'em to ya.

Awesome. Ta.