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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 12 minutes ago

I think I am okay with cockchafers hitting me in the face instead of chafing my cock.

[-] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

from Wikipedia: "The name "cockchafer"[22] derives from the late-17th-century usage of "cock"[23] (in the sense of expressing size or vigour) + "chafer"[24] which simply means an insect of this type, referring to its propensity for gnawing and damaging plants. The term "chafer" has its root in Old English ceafor or cefer, of Germanic origin and is related to the Dutch kever, all of which mean "gnawer" as it relates to the jaw. As such, the name "cockchafer" can be understood to mean "large plant-gnawing beetle" and is applicable to its history as a pest animal"

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

What idiot let these near their cock

[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 18 points 4 hours ago

Heh, they are called May Beetles over here. And yeah they started turning up the past few weeks here and there.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 3 hours ago

You know how spiders crawl into your mouth while you sleep? Well…

[-] geomela@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

Huh. Only ever heard about these bugs, never seen it written down. Guess I'm today years old when I found out they're not actually 'Dunebugs'.

Every day's a school day.

[-] slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 hours ago

Ahahahahahaha. Bugs are so awesome

[-] moakley@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

June bugs are so annoying. Every April they start slamming their little bodies against the damn back door, and I'm like, what the fuck are you doing?! You're two months early, you assholes!

It's fine when they do it in June, but I have to put up with two months of that early bullshit.

[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 14 minutes ago

Wow I'm glad that it's dry as fuck where I am. Giant insects slamming into your doors sounds horrifying.

[-] hedhoncho@lemm.ee 15 points 5 hours ago

Oh jeez. Once a family of flying giant cockroaches flew into my house and kept lunging at me. It was terrifying. I caught them in a vacuum they didnt die I dumped them in the dumpster quick and the next morning they were gone. I really hope they were lost from the tropics and they don’t actually live around here

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