This thing was on my son's bike on Sunday. Parasitoid wasp. Tail was 3-4 inchs long and wasp body was approx 2 inches long. The tail is it's egg injector into the host. 161666
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:50 PM
We had a visiter at the hut last time we were out over xmas. I haven't seen one of these big buggers for ages but plenty of the little ones. Hard to tell in this pic but was a good 4 inches plus...
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:50 PM
The spiny green ones here are smart. They know they are spiny, and so live on the Rimu. Their cousins - the smooth greens - live on the Rata. For anyone interested, the eggs can be collected and...
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:49 PM
That is so cool. I thought it was a mock-up because it is just so extraordinary. Thank you for posting something I have never seen before
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:49 PM
Dont watch 'Starship Troopers' if the praying mantis gave you a fright
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:49 PM
I wish now that I’d got out the wife’s SLR and wide angle closeup lens. If I see it again, it’s getting the full photographic treatment as I can’t find anything on the web that looks like this. ...
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:47 PM
Awesome. Must be the season. I just had this fearsome alien sneak in the home office window and take a liking to the camo beanie that was sitting next to the coffee cup. Gave me a hell of a...
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:47 PM
This incredible “bramble” appeared on a Red Band gumboot this morning. I thought it was stuck on the boot and damn nearly grabbed it to pull it off. Check out the astonishing replication of a bramble...
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:47 PM
161436 Reproduction stock from Geoff Mentor, I think it's too nice to cut up for the end bit, so thinking I'll put the original stock on the back burner for now. Only thing left is to cut new...
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:46 PM
You guys in Oz love your sheep and their products don't you? I have used an Oz made lanolin spray for rustproofing, lubricating etc. Excellent stuff.
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:39 PM
Might be an idea to polish the arse out of the inside of the die, in case there's been some galling happened when this case got stuck?
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 08:39 PM
The Pard 008 has a day time mode, so you can put it on and sight and use day and night also has 5 profiles so you can switch between rifles if needed
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 02:35 PM
With the screw in, the expander still had room to move. Pulled the decapping pin out with the stem so had no issues there. She’s out now and all good.
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 02:31 PM
308
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 10:40 AM
303 Sporter with a Scope and Can. Cheap,"ammo-a-plenty"accurate enough for 99% of hunting situations in NZ.
Liked On: 02-03-2021, 10:39 AM