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05-06-2010, 10:11 PM
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| | | What the... Was that?? ID Please!
Whilst in Scotland, on my way down to Glasgow from Fort William a very large insect landed on the car window...
It looked like a cricket, yet was not as tall, it was long and flat, sort of, quite a rectangular body, 6 long thin legs, Giant wings on its back and sticky up things on its head...
We only saw it for about 5 seconds so this is what I saw, before it went on the roof, and we closed all windows, hell, I didnt want it in the car, it was a good inch, maybe even a inch and a 1/2...
Could anyone identify this please? |
05-06-2010, 10:23 PM
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| | | Re: What the... Was that?? ID Please!
Possibly a Stonefly of some sort. |
06-06-2010, 04:37 AM
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| | | Re: What the... Was that?? ID Please!
I have searched stonefly and have found a drawing, this is exactly what I saw.... http://www.scientificillustrator.com...s/stonefly.jpg
Could anyone give me a scientific and english name, an idea of size mm? |
06-06-2010, 07:29 AM
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| | | Re: What the... Was that?? ID Please!
Probably Perla bipunctata, a common species.
I'm not aware of a common name although at one time trout anglers used the live nymphs as bait and called them "creepers". |
06-06-2010, 12:23 PM
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| | | Re: What the... Was that?? ID Please!
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Originally Posted by J-Williams  Could anyone give me a scientific and english name, an idea of size mm? | Lots of Stonefly species to choose from, the larger ones happily drop into the size range you describe. Perla is a probable genus for a large individual. | | |
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