Author Topic: WINNER:Unwanted on Plot: + comments (Read 4923 times)

kenkew · « **on:** October 13, 2008, 11:39:24 »

Votes cast for the 2 best pic's which best describes the title;

Unwanted on Plot

2nd was pic 2 from Alex with 11 votes. The WINNER this time is TOADSPAWN with 12 votes for pic 4.
Congratulations to these two very close run entries and many thanks to those who participated and voted.
Ken
Pic's count from left to right. Comments on here too, please.

kenkew · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2008, 08:06:12 »

Comments here, please.
Thanks to all who posted pic's.
Ken.

manicscousers · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2008, 08:32:46 »

wish I'd got a pic of the rat that ran out on saturday, i'd've entered it, too ;D

OllieC · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2008, 09:49:50 »

Photo 2 looks photoshop'd - perhaps just the light?!?!

thifasmom · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2008, 09:53:13 »

what are the beetles in no.1? i don't recognise them, what's their crime?

OllieC · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2008, 10:16:52 »

Quote from: thifasmom on October 20, 2008, 09:53:13

what are the beetles in no.1? i don't recognise them, what's their crime?

Performing a lewd act in a public place?!?! :o

thifasmom · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2008, 10:17:40 »

Quote from: OllieC on October 20, 2008, 10:16:52

Quote from: thifasmom on October 20, 2008, 09:53:13
what are the beetles in no.1? i don't recognise them, what's their crime?

Performing a lewd act in a public place?!?! :o

LOL ;D

Paulines7 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2008, 14:13:41 »

Quote from: thifasmom on October 20, 2008, 09:53:13

what are the beetles in no.1? i don't recognise them, what's their crime?

They are garden chafers phyllopertha horticola. They stripped all the leaves from my newly planted birches, ornamental trees and fruit trees.

LOL at Ollie. ;D ;D

What a disappointment in the number of entries for this competition. I could have submitted pictures of nettles, bindweed, dock, cabbage white butterfly, pigeons, cats, to name but a few......the list could go on and on.

thifasmom · « **Reply #8 on:** October 20, 2008, 16:22:08 »

Quote from: Paulines7 on October 20, 2008, 14:13:41

Quote from: thifasmom on October 20, 2008, 09:53:13
what are the beetles in no.1? i don't recognise them, what's their crime?

They are garden chafers phyllopertha horticola. They stripped all the leaves from my newly planted birches, ornamental trees and fruit trees.

LOL at Ollie. ;D ;D

What a disappointment in the number of entries for this competition. I could have submitted pictures of nettles, bindweed, dock, cabbage white butterfly, pigeons, cats, to name but a few......the list could go on and on.

thanks for the info about the bugs. i also thought we would have seen loads of pics of things people didnot want on their plot, hey ho! :-\

flossy · « **Reply #9 on:** October 20, 2008, 16:54:50 »

Are the chafer bugs the ones that leave thier lava in the soil, they eat plant roots >:(
and when developed - they are the most revolting, fat, cream coloured - brown head one end
curved into a gross shape of purple ' lump' at the other end ? :P

- don't like those :-\

B7jac · « **Reply #10 on:** October 20, 2008, 17:14:46 »

Yuk ! to all of them !! lol

Hey photo 2 looks a little 'tampered with' !

flossy · « **Reply #11 on:** October 20, 2008, 17:17:57 »

I think the slug in no3 pic is not well -- worse than that ---- he may be --- dead ! :'(

Won't someone do something :o

kt. · « **Reply #12 on:** October 20, 2008, 19:18:34 »

They all get joint first place. All unwanted ;D ;D

Paulines7 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 20, 2008, 22:11:24 »

Quote from: FLOSSY on October 20, 2008, 16:54:50

Are the chafer bugs the ones that leave thier lava in the soil, they eat plant roots >:(
and when developed - they are the most revolting, fat, cream coloured - brown head one end
curved into a gross shape of purple ' lump' at the other end ? :P

- don't like those :-\

I don't know what the larva look like but they evidently do bury themselves in the ground and eat roots. I had to pick them all off by hand and the Department of Agriculture said to keep the grass short around the trees. Next year I will be looking for them in late May and pick them off before they reduce the leaves on my trees to skeletons again.

The Garden Chafer is also known as a June Bug.

flossy · « **Reply #14 on:** October 21, 2008, 08:24:24 »

Thanks Paulines7,

Found loads of these larva in the soil while digging out a bank, had had a few mysterious
plant losses from nearby -and found them rootless !

Have voted for them as they are a bit ' unseen ' slugs are more in your face -- or under foot.

kenkew · « **Reply #15 on:** October 27, 2008, 11:19:40 »

Winner is Taodspawn with pic 4 and 12 votes.
Congratulations and thanks for your entry.

Ken.

flossy · « **Reply #16 on:** October 27, 2008, 12:20:07 »

Congratulations Toadspawn, was a superb pic too

floss

Tee Gee · « **Reply #17 on:** October 27, 2008, 16:28:57 »

Well done Toadspawn your picture would have been my choice if I had not entered the competition.

...........and yes my picture was 'photo shopped' well spotted.

The reason I did it was; I had a picture each of a slug and a snail and could not decide on which one to use so I cooked the books ::)

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