Hari Ashurst's 'MAYBUG DIARY' 2005

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Each year I approach may like an ant to a large stick of bread - WITH TREPIDATION. For there are MAYBUGS during may.

They live for approx. 24 hours and look like devil creatures. Seriously scary. My most horrible encounter was when one flew into thy face. I lept up all aghast and yellew "OUT VILE WING-ED DEVIL" but that did not work.

Anybody else have any experience with these?

Day One - 01:05

No encounter yet, though in my folly i left the window to my sleeping abode open. WIDE OPEN. I am a fool.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:06 (twenty years ago)

that should say 'yelled' not 'yellew'. That's the name of a song by Coldplay.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/May%20Bug.jpg

they come much larger than this.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:08 (twenty years ago)

oh my god!

their official name is 'COCKCHAFER'

I know how an answer for when somebody asks me "what is the most appropriately titled insect?".

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)

do you mean mesmodorphs (sp.)? i think we may have made that name up though. we hit them with tennis rackets and they go poing with a tiny vibration. they fly into your hair and get stuck. yeah, they're horrible.

or maybe you mean moths?

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

they might not be mesmodorphs.

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

more like mesmoDORKS am i right?

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

haha yes but i wouldn't dare say that to their faces

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

If anybody knows the purpose of this beast i'd love to know it.

I mean, 24 hours...They must just fly around scaring people, make love and then die.

It's a bit like a '24' version of 'A Bugs Life'

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

the insect in your picture looks kind of cute though. they are little things with loves and hates and passions just like ours.

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

i reckon their purpose is... to spread pollen.

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

that's what people always say about insects.

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

Do you think they have their own version of ILX?

"I Love Flying"

"I Love My Wings"

"I Love Plants"

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

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― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)

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― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)

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― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:30 (twenty years ago)

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― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

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― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

http://members.tripod.co.uk/valiant/the_firefly3.jpg

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)

so cute. i want him to fly over and light my cigarettes for me.

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

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― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

This is the story of Frances the Firefly, a cautionary tale for all you children out there who may be tempted to play with fire.

Deep in the middle of a forest far away was the kingdom of the insects. They were a friendly bunch who worked together to build a land where everyone had a purpose. The spiders spun silky, silvery webs to decorate the land and fill it with splendour. The ants, who were immensly strong, built all the houses. And the bees ran the honey factories, making sure everyone had enough delicious honey to eat.

http://members.tripod.co.uk/valiant/bees6.jpg

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)

Maybug #78 R.I.P (12 New Answers, 13 Total)

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

The fireflies had a very special job. Because they could make their tails glow, they lit up the forest at night time, so that the other insects could see in the dark.

Every evening, after the sun had sunk below the trees, they flew up into the sky with their tail torches glowing, and shone like rays of sunlight. Nobody needed street lamps in the Kingdom of the Insects!

http://members.tripod.co.uk/valiant/bee2.jpg

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:42 (twenty years ago)

There was one little firefly called Frances, who wanted to join the others in the sky at night. She watched them take off and begged to go with them. But they told her she was too young. "you can't make your tail glow brightly enough yet" they said kindly. "I shall practice until I can make it glow properly," she thought. She flapped her wings furiously, trying with all her might, but her tail hardly glowed at all. This made her feel very sad.

The other fireflies said, "Don't worry, Frances. One day you will be old enough to join in with the grown- ups." Frances felt that day was so far off, it would never come.

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:43 (twenty years ago)

http://members.tripod.co.uk/valiant/firefly5.jpg

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:44 (twenty years ago)

A few nights later, Frances was sitting on a twig in the forest, feeling very sorry for herself. Suddenly, something tapped her sharply on the shoulder.

It was Cocky Roach. Cocky was a naughty young insect who was always getting into trouble. He knew why Frances was upset, and he thought he would play a trick on her.

"I've got something exciting to show you, Frances," said Cocky. "Come with me." He led her to his hidding place, pushed a leaf to one side and pointed. It was a box of matches!

"Oh Cocky, where did you get these?" asked Frances. "Matches are dangerous, Mummy said so."

"I found them on the kitchen table at home," Cocky chuckled. "And nobodyhas noticed that they are missing yet." Cocky leaned over and whispered in Frances's ear. "If you strike one, you can have a tail torch of your own, and be like the grown up fire-flies."

http://members.tripod.co.uk/valiant/firefly6.jpg

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

TO BE CONTINUED...

― scg, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

I also like the stink bug..

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=stink+bug&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

I see a lot of them these days

― Masked Gazza, Saturday, 30 April 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)

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― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 1 May 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

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