the all aussie dribble thread!

[2strokenut]

just dont jump in to the devil's kitchen

 

[MCW]

I add oil cos my pappy did, and if it was good enough for him, it's good enough for me.
Y'all can tell me stories about your sciences all you like, but by the power of jebus, if you don't add oil to your fuel y'all go straight to hell's gate and maybe have a nice trip down the west coast of tas. A little fishing, some 4wding, some stout and oysters and.....

But I don't like Oysters?

 

[chippy]

But I don't like Oysters?

You're weird. ..

 

[derwoodii]

Not sure why they call them Longhorn Beetle? I think somebody may be dyslexic as they're actually called Longicorn Beetles The perfectly rounds holes early are more than likely Longicorn larvae bore holes. Got similar holes in piles of Sugar Gum I have here. The larvae are generally yellow with a black head capsule.
Slowly catching up on posts I've missed. Been busier than a one legged man in an arse kicking contest...

good to see your back boss this mobs been hard as cats to herd without your whip cracking over head ,,,yeah the name is longicorn tho it seems to be slipping to the vernacular of longhorn even in scientific links use a common naming.. I suspect it due to the adults having big antennae or is that antenii meh
I too was unconvinced was longihornycornyii,,,, as too big a hole but nuthin else fitted the evidence or was suspected other than 20mm drill bit

http://www.ozanimals.com/wildlife/Insect/Longicorn Beetles.html

Coptocercus rubripes is a longicorn (longhorn) beetle with elongated brown body. The wing covers have long angular yellowish markings and a small spine at the end of each wing cover. The antennae are longer than the body and spined.


amazin critter they can squeal eeerrk when you pick em up

 

[skipster]

so does my 18 month old nephew,who can also spray you with a foul smelling repellant substance,that causes you to drop him.

 

[MCW]

so does my 18 month old nephew,who can also spray you with a foul smelling repellant substance,that causes you to drop him.

Hi Skip.
Hey sorry I haven't managed to call you yet mate. Shoot me through a message of the bits you're chasing. I was hoping to give you a call today but my day job is as an agronomist and I spent all day on the phone to clients.
Matt

 

[weedkilla]

You're weird. ..

You're right, and it's got nothing to do with oysters.

Rumour has it he can talk about chainsaws and trees and guns and nice little kitty cats being murdered for hours and hours.

Edit - see above. Apparently this is being an "agronomist".

 

[MCW]

good to see your back boss this mobs been hard as cats to herd without your whip cracking over head ,,,yeah the name is longicorn tho it seems to be slipping to the vernacular of longhorn even in scientific links use a common naming.. I suspect it due to the adults having big antennae or is that antenii meh
I too was unconvinced was longihornycornyii,,,, as too big a hole but nuthin else fitted the evidence or was suspected other than 20mm drill bit

http://www.ozanimals.com/wildlife/Insect/Longicorn Beetles.html

Coptocercus rubripes is a longicorn (longhorn) beetle with elongated brown body. The wing covers have long angular yellowish markings and a small spine at the end of each wing cover. The antennae are longer than the body and spined.
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amazin critter they can squeal eeerrk when you pick em up

We have seen some pretty serious issues in tree crops and the odd vine from Fig Longicorn Beetle. *******s have a wide range of hosts. After I dropped all of those large Sugar Gums they started moving into the downed wood as the trees obviously had no sap flow to flood the wounds and drown the little *******s. Not always the case but they do tend to get stuck into sick trees more than healthy ones due to the the lower sapflow and the inability to resist (drown) boring pests.
They do make good fishing bait though.
Speaking of Sugar Gums...

 

[MCW]

You're right, and it's got nothing to do with oysters.

Rumour has it he can talk about chainsaws and trees and guns and nice little kitty cats being murdered for hours and hours.

Edit - see above. Apparently this is being an "agronomist".

Well I was going to talk about Alkaline Hydrolysis and micronutrient chelation plus how Calcium moves with mass flow in the xylem but thought I'd just lose too many friends again After closely studying the group I realised that we all hate cats but like guns and chainsaws. I'm yet to kill a cat with a chainsaw though. I'm not THAT wierd. Although I did kill a Ringtailed Possum once with a chainsaw and a falling tree. By accident...

 

[weedkilla]

Well I was going to talk about Alkaline Hydrolysis and micronutrient chelation plus how Calcium moves with mass flow in the xlyem but thought I'd just lose too many friends again After closely studying the group I realised that we all hate cats but like guns and chainsaws. I'm yet to kill a cat with a chainsaw though. I'm not THAT wierd. Although I did kill a Ringtailed Possum once with a chainsaw and a falling tree. By accident...

I've killed a cat with a hay mower, and I like teasing friends and agronomists.

 

[MCW]

I've killed a cat with a hay mower, and I like teasing friends and agronomists.

A mate on a dairy drilled a cat with a hay fork on a tractor. He flew into the stack, drove out to the cow paddock, and when he went to cut the mesh off the bail there was a cat stuck on the front of a fork

 

[Rudolf73]

Oh noo, not more unfortunate cat stories...

This one time a cat ran into the bullet that had just escaped from my barrel, I know right what are the odds?? Anyway I though I better give it a proper burial the next day so I put it in a plastic bag for safe keeping. Later that night I was woken to strange noises outside. The darndest thing - a black garbage bag running round the backyard, it was quite the sight even the dog was confused.

 

[Creeker]

Whistled cats up several times during the day when after foxes, in the late 70's cat skins were worth $10-$12 which was pretty handy money then.

Had a fox and cat at the same time & coming from opp. directions one day, shot the fox first of course.....$33+ average them days.

 

[Creeker]

Re grub holes, I have been advised that the holes are most likely made by, and I quote -

*****
" Could be either Cossid or Hepialid larva, a lot bore into roots,
others into trunks.

Be too big for a timber moth, Xyloryctidae family.

Don Herbison-Evans' site is a good moth and caterpillar resource.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/moths-imago.html "

*****

Many thanks D.F.

 

[derwoodii]

Re grub holes, I have been advised that the holes are most likely made by, and I quote -

*****
" Could be either Cossid or Hepialid larva, a lot bore into roots,
others into trunks.

Be too big for a timber moth, Xyloryctidae family.

Don Herbison-Evans' site is a good moth and caterpillar resource.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/moths-imago.html "

*****

Many thanks D.F.

Cossid larvae, nice one that get you club house leader odds on the ol witchery grub eh reckon be big enuff for that cavity & reminds me gee i like lady's with small hands

 

[Creeker]

I just found and posted the same pic D, to quick for me lol., (deleted it.)

What a thumper, couple of those in a bread roll would keep you working all day !

 

[ausneil 1]

oh boy,,,, remember some get all petty over cats,,,,,,, I seem to remember'' 2 in the chest and 1 in the head'',,,,, I will leave it there boys....





Oh and good evening gentlemen.

 

[MCW]

Cossid larvae, nice one that get you club house leader odds on the ol witchery grub eh reckon be big enuff for that cavity & reminds me gee i like lady's with small hands

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That's been Photoshopped.

EDIT: Oh and I should clarify why it's been Photoshopped. The grub is actually a Coleoptera (beetle) larvae. Notice the shape of the front legs plus it's lack of prolegs at the back. Sometimes it sucks to have an entomology background but it helps in times like these If you compare that picture to other images of Cossid larvae you'll see what I mean.

 

[bennn*e]

That'd be a cheap way to get a 5l auto stop fuel can and get 5l of fuel free, right?

Auto stop nozzles extra. The containers come like shown in the photo. Can get a cheap normal nozzle for around $5

 

[bennn*e]

What sort of ******** adds oil to their fuel anyway?

not this guy then...