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11-03-2007, 02:32 PM
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Well done VC. Your turn. |
11-03-2007, 07:43 PM
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OK. Im a bird that could be thought 2 possesss magical powers  . |
11-03-2007, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by vinnychameleon  OK. Im a bird that could be thought 2 possesss magical powers . | Merlin
John |
11-03-2007, 07:52 PM
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Yess john. and i thought that was hard . |
11-03-2007, 07:59 PM
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Right, I am an insect with the exact same name as a bird. What am I?
John |
11-03-2007, 08:26 PM
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Humming Bird Hawk moth? |
11-03-2007, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Beryl Humming Bird Hawk moth? | Sorry Beryl, wrong.  Remember I said the exact name of a bird.
John |
11-03-2007, 09:36 PM
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It's not Waxwings is it?
That does the bird bit. I have a vague feeling waxwings might also be an insect ...but I can't find anything to back that up.. |
11-03-2007, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Lords and Ladies It's not Waxwings is it?
That does the bird bit. I have a vague feeling waxwings might also be an insect ...but I can't find anything to back that up.. | I have never heard of an insect with that name. Mind you, even if there is it isn't the right answer.
John |
11-03-2007, 09:49 PM
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Damn, my tactic of just naming birds is only going to get me so far.. |
11-03-2007, 09:58 PM
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Could it be an Owlet? |
11-03-2007, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Beryl Could it be an Owlet? | Sorry Beryl, wrong again. I have never heard of an insect called an Owlet.
John |
11-03-2007, 11:08 PM
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Owlet is a Butterfly.
I will have a think and try again |
12-03-2007, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Beryl Owlet is a Butterfly.
I will have a think and try again | Its not one on the Eurpean lists is it. This insect is definitely seen in Britain
John |
12-03-2007, 06:01 AM
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12-03-2007, 06:13 AM
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Magpie (moth)? |
12-03-2007, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by goosey | Fraid not.
Just to help nail it a bit more.
The name would be just the name of a bird and nothing else so in the instance of a Peacock Butterfly the name of the insect would only be Peacock - no butterfly at the end of it.
John |
12-03-2007, 08:41 AM
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this is incredibly difficult.....i honestly can't think of a bird that shares its name with a bug...and i'm getting brain strain trying  |
12-03-2007, 10:25 AM
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Well......I've racked my brain (and not surprisingly that didn't take too long  ) and then I googled till my eyes were out on stalks and the only thing I can come up with is ...Lacewing ? |
12-03-2007, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Monkster Well......I've racked my brain (and not surprisingly that didn't take too long ) and then I googled till my eyes were out on stalks and the only thing I can come up with is ...Lacewing ? | argh...you beat me to it....the only one i can find as well, goldeneye lacewing/goldeneye duck. pipped by ten minutes! course, we could both be wrong..... |
12-03-2007, 11:42 AM
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Common swift?
although I've never heard Apus apus referred to as this, maybe there's one in the world that is......
also Tiggrx is right there is a moth just called 'magpie' but I'm guessing it's not the one you're thinking of? |
12-03-2007, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton there is a moth just called 'magpie' but I'm guessing it's not the one you're thinking of? | (you nearly talked yourself out of that one)
You got it in one. Magpie is what I was after. Well done Gill.
Over to you for the next one.
John |
12-03-2007, 12:38 PM
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Eh???
John...what rules are you playing by then???
Tiggrx said that answer at 7.13 am THIS MORNING and you answered straight after to say they were wrong!!
I hope you realise I have spent valuable hours looking for this answer when I could have been practising my photography skills or shopping or something!! 
Humph!! 
(I've just looked again and realised you could have both been posting at the same time....hmmm ....that could explain it all!) |
12-03-2007, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Monkster Eh???
John...what rules are you playing by then???
Tiggrx said that answer at 7.13 am THIS MORNING and you answered straight after to say they were wrong!!
I hope you realise I have spent valuable hours looking for this answer when I could have been practising my photography skills or shopping or something!!
Humph!!
(I've just looked again and realised you could have both been posting at the same time....hmmm ....that could explain it all!) | Sorry you are correct. You are also correct when you say we posted the same time. I didn't see Tiggrx's answer so obviously they are right. Sorry Gill, you were just beaten to it.
I have only just got back from work and have only just seen this. sorry for the delay.
Over to you Tigrrrx. What's the next one?
John |
12-03-2007, 05:10 PM
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Sorry John
I feel really mean now, for pointing it out.
In the words of that old Ronan Keating classic......
'I say it best....when I say nothing at all '  | | | | |
