What sort of psychopath sends a postcard like this!?

[99call]

These truly send a shiver down my spine......if someone sent me one of these at Christmas (or anytime) i would immediately have to pour myself a large brandy, and watch the postcards burn in the fireplace until they were reduced to ash

 

[JoeyGunz]

Creeps. Are they what we would call MayBugs?

[Ryan]

With the fluffy antennae and serrated markings on their sides, those beetles look like cockchafers (I swear I didn't make up that name). They're very rare here now, I've only ever seen two in the flesh.

They are also called May bugs, and I suppose that's the Pentecost connection. Why they're coming out of cigar boxes, I've no idea.

 

[SirVantes]

Apparently "Previous generations of children used to keep them in cigar boxes and shoe cartons, and would play games with them." Kids these days sure are missing out!

https://seeingthewoods.org/2018/07/26/insect-profile-the-cockchafer/

 

[99call]

50 minutes ago, Ryan said:

cockchafers

I think tobacco beetles should be renamed 'cockchafers' hence forth.  I would indeed consider myself to be 'Chafed' if such a misfortune were to befall me

[JoeyGunz]

2 hours ago, Ryan said:

With the fluffy antennae and serrated markings on their sides, those beetles look like cockchafers (I swear I didn't make up that name). They're very rare here now, I've only ever seen two in the flesh.

They are also called May bugs, and I suppose that's the Pentecost connection. Why they're coming out of cigar boxes, I've no idea.

 

Not rare enough for me, I remember me and the mrs having to go toe's from a few last spring.

Did used to be a lot more prolific in my childhood though, nightmare's of them getting stuck in your hair.

[Ryan]

2 minutes ago, JoeyGunz said:

Not rare enough for me, I remember me and the mrs having to go toe's from a few last spring.

Did used to be a lot more prolific in my childhood though, nightmare's of them getting stuck in your hair.

It's funny, I'm 50 now and spent a lot of time in the countryside on cousins and uncles' farms as a kid. I never saw one until about 10 years ago, when it freaked out my wife's friend at a barbeque. My dad (born 1921) remembered lots of them from when he was young.

I've seen one more since. While that's anecdotal, reports are that they are making a comeback here through more regulated use of pesticides. While I'm not a big fan of them myself, they are freaky things, it's a good thing that they are still around. I worry about what else we might be losing when we lose the obvious.

[Colt45]

I'd probably go with Billy Bickle

 

[TheGipper]

I learn some of the weirdest things visiting this board...

Found this: http://www.metropostcard.com/war7d-holiday2.html

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A common and perhaps particular characteristic of German Pentecostal (Pfingsten) cards is their inclusion of beetles in their compositions. Not only are they a sign of the season, there is a long tradition in Germany of using the scarab beetle to symbolize Christ. Its origins most likely date back to ancient Egypt where this beetle was associated with resurrection and eternity. It is said that their young emerge from their egg-like dung ball on the Spring Equinox; the birthday of the world, which corresponds to the birth of Christianity in Pentecostal celebrations.

 

[PaulPower]

I think tobacco beetles should be renamed 'cockchafers' hence forth.  I would indeed consider myself to be 'Chafed' if such a misfortune were to befall me

If you are the one that is “chafed,” does that make you a...


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[El Presidente]

Having eaten chocolate coated cockroaches......I dont know what all the fuss is about here 

[PaulPower]

You guys would hate the Krampus cards we sent out last Xmas

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[CanuckSARTech]

W.  T.  F.  

[Fugu]

On 9/2/2020 at 9:05 PM, El Presidente said:

Having eaten chocolate coated cockroaches......I dont know what all the fuss is about here 

Right!

“Cockchafer soup is a European dish made from the cockchafer insect. It was a delicacy in Germany and France until the mid-1900s.[1] Its taste resembles crab soup. As cockchafers were once an incredibly common pest insect in Europe, with population explosions every 4 years, collecting enough cockchafers to make soup was very easy in former times, but excessive pesticide usage caused their populations to collapse by the 1970s, with complete extirpation in many areas. Because the beetles are now relatively rare, the making of cockchafer soup has almost vanished entirely in communities where it was once commonplace. ...”

 

Full text & recipe here ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer_soup

[Puros Y Vino]

7 hours ago, Fugu said:

Right!

“Cockchafer soup is a European dish made from the cockchafer insect. It was a delicacy in Germany and France until the mid-1900s.[1] Its taste resembles crab soup. As cockchafers were once an incredibly common pest insect in Europe, with population explosions every 4 years, collecting enough cockchafers to make soup was very easy in former times, but excessive pesticide usage caused their populations to collapse by the 1970s, with complete extirpation in many areas. Because the beetles are now relatively rare, the making of cockchafer soup has almost vanished entirely in communities where it was once commonplace. ...”

 

Full text & recipe here ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer_soup

[cigcars]

On 9/2/2020 at 3:08 PM, PaulPower said:

You guys would hate the Krampus cards we sent out last Xmas

 

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