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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,275

    Retired teacher - I know where to look on t'internet for visual aids B3 image

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Amy15Amy15 Posts: 1

    Always known them as Chisel Pigs. I'm a fan too.

  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,987

    Ladybird - I love the seductive look of the female bug in the top center.  And the male in the bottom right, arms behind his back showing off his six-pack.  Ha!  All they need is a re-branding and a cuteness makeover, and we wouldn't be having this discussion.  

    Utah, USA.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,366
    Blue Onion says:

    Ladybird - I love the seductive look of the female bug in the top center.  And the male in the bottom right, arms behind his back showing off his six-pack.  Ha!  All they need is a re-branding and a cuteness makeover, and we wouldn't be having this discussion.  

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     Yes,  lurking in dark corners doesn't do much for the image does it? image



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,275

    Blue Onion & Nut image

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,275

    Well their Latin name is Armadillidium so that is an excellent call Lants. image I like monkey peas as well.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,987

    I fed my little brother a roly-poly once, we were picking blueberries and they were running around on the ground under the bush.  I picked one up and rolled it around so it curled up, and handing it to him saying it was a baby blueberry.  He popped it into his mouth and chewed it up, before he noticed the panicked look on my face.  He thought it WAS a blueberry, and I figured he would realize it was a bug.  image

    Utah, USA.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,275

    Oh my goodness Blue Onion! Poor little roly-poly image

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Fishy65Fishy65 Posts: 2,275
    nutcutlet says

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     The question is M-U, are we in the majority or the minority?

    There are shelves and shelves of stuff to kill things, all waiting in the GCs. You could get the impression they're essential to gardening. 

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    Not in the minority at all nut!! Woodlice are the gardener's friend, playing a very welcome role in the breakdown of decaying plant matter. And decaying means DEAD plant matter, my compost heap has loads of these little chaps and our local robin is so grateful whenever I mulch. Imagine me throwing poison around to wipe out woodlice, our robin ingests poisoned woodlice, a sparrowhawk kills the robin and likely feeds it to his/her chicks, passing on the poison. Thus we create a chain of destruction. Education is needed.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,366

    I wonder if the promoters of death have continued following this thread and have at least thought about it image



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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