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Old 17-06-2008, 03:19 PM
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Re: Why is this beetle ignored?

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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott View Post
I suspect that what we have here is faulty memory syndrome. When I was a child I remember how huge some insects (bumble bees) and flowers appeared. If you had asked me how large the flower of a hollyhock was I would have estimated something like three inches! It's the way youngsters see things ... wish I could do it now
But she did say that she had seen it a number of times between the age of 5 to early twenties. Each time she was astonished at the size and it looked the same as the last time she had seen it.
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