tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post1809427394704384590..comments2024-03-29T01:32:11.509+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: WARNING!Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81502573268988158322017-03-17T04:39:43.349+00:002017-03-17T04:39:43.349+00:00That's the answer. I'm now walking Bok awa...That's the answer. I'm now walking Bok away from Pines.... which is not easy.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78002868792327253122017-03-17T04:38:58.839+00:002017-03-17T04:38:58.839+00:00I've not heard of 'Field Mites'. We ha...I've not heard of 'Field Mites'. We have Ticks that are a nuisance; dogs have to be medicated.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29695555824488316052017-03-16T19:57:50.088+00:002017-03-16T19:57:50.088+00:00Avoid pine trees.Avoid pine trees.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2659894743916661552017-03-16T18:44:09.323+00:002017-03-16T18:44:09.323+00:00Field mites aboud here in spring.....i wont take t...Field mites aboud here in spring.....i wont take the dogs in long grass nowadaysJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59926053874246396212017-03-16T14:42:56.651+00:002017-03-16T14:42:56.651+00:00Actually I borrowed the photo as I didn't have...Actually I borrowed the photo as I didn't have my camera with me! Thank you anyway.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83371532179057605972017-03-16T14:31:09.598+00:002017-03-16T14:31:09.598+00:00Wow, thank you for the very important post!!! Than...Wow, thank you for the very important post!!! Thank you for taking a picture of it too so we can be aware of it!<br /><a href="http://vetcentercity.com/" rel="nofollow">Jessi</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14250806187139531229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-22790530235331060182017-03-16T12:18:16.863+00:002017-03-16T12:18:16.863+00:00They sound like cousins!They sound like cousins!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-9938757981017452182017-03-16T12:17:47.500+00:002017-03-16T12:17:47.500+00:00I hope you keep it that way; nasty things.I hope you keep it that way; nasty things.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57531963464689182292017-03-16T12:16:15.300+00:002017-03-16T12:16:15.300+00:00Most dogs just avoid them; Labradors however have ...Most dogs just avoid them; Labradors however have to eat anything they find. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17535393871346944162017-03-16T12:15:20.717+00:002017-03-16T12:15:20.717+00:00It's surprising how many people know nothing a...It's surprising how many people know nothing about them.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65331753963440917152017-03-16T12:14:00.497+00:002017-03-16T12:14:00.497+00:00The hairs can cause nasty respiratory problems if ...The hairs can cause nasty respiratory problems if inhaled, and skin irritation if touched. They are best squashed underfoot. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76874821796061964102017-03-16T10:43:13.319+00:002017-03-16T10:43:13.319+00:00They have reached Southern England now, I hear. Be...They have reached Southern England now, I hear. Bear in mind that they will actually spit out their poisoned spines at you from quite a distance if they think they are under attack. I once returned to my friend's house in the mountains of Spain to find them going round and round the top of an oil drum where he had lit a fire. I didn't know what they were, so I almost tried to save them by scooping them up to safety, but didn't! It turned out that he had found a nest in the oil drum and had tried to burn it - these were the survivors! I could be blind now.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90624381297123500182017-03-16T10:10:03.517+00:002017-03-16T10:10:03.517+00:00I remember seeing them here in Australia as a kid,...I remember seeing them here in Australia as a kid, or similar. As long as they don't jump up at me, I will let them march on. Anyway, we have worse, our spitfire caterpillars that reside en masse in trees and target the unsuspecting with their vile poison. I don't think they cause fatalities, just scarring. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3875856359327371102017-03-16T10:09:03.634+00:002017-03-16T10:09:03.634+00:00Luckily we don't have them here (I hope.).Luckily we don't have them here (I hope.).Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88368697990366412392017-03-16T09:02:33.378+00:002017-03-16T09:02:33.378+00:00I was just talking about those to Paul the other d...I was just talking about those to Paul the other day and how on earth can you keep a dog away from them. Horrid critters.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25643557268695303152017-03-16T08:49:02.336+00:002017-03-16T08:49:02.336+00:00Yes. I photographed these in France and got a very...Yes. I photographed these in France and got a very stern warning from my brother (he knows about all things like that). As it happened I'm an inveterate looker-upper and had already discovered how poisonous they are.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83500703248924528242017-03-16T07:35:20.839+00:002017-03-16T07:35:20.839+00:00I give you permission to squash them; they are ver...I give you permission to squash them; they are very nasty creatures.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33224314625188469002017-03-16T07:16:31.467+00:002017-03-16T07:16:31.467+00:00That sounds like the same ones; good to hear that ...That sounds like the same ones; good to hear that the authorities take them seriously, they don't here.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86196953488729930052017-03-16T06:46:30.268+00:002017-03-16T06:46:30.268+00:00We get those lines of caterpillars too but didn...We get those lines of caterpillars too but didn't know they were poisonous. Haven't seen any yet. There will be trails of them all across the road soon. I won't feel sorry for them this year as I drive over them.local alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34472433346899761692017-03-16T06:45:55.901+00:002017-03-16T06:45:55.901+00:00Our council has started to disenfect a hillside ar...Our council has started to disenfect a hillside area because there are big fluffy ball-like nests on the top of the pines already. It kills the trees. They say the mild winter brings them on.<br />Greetings Maria xMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01525028325800849416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81833317291624784242017-03-16T06:14:09.123+00:002017-03-16T06:14:09.123+00:00I ALWAYS wipe my shoes/boots after having squashed...I ALWAYS wipe my shoes/boots after having squashed them, I'm very cautious. Of course we're fighting a losing battle as their white cobweb-like nests are everywhere in the Pine trees.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52112597166729912472017-03-16T06:05:17.827+00:002017-03-16T06:05:17.827+00:00Whatever their nefarious purpose may be they look ...Whatever their nefarious purpose may be they look beautiful. I often wonder how certain creatures fit into nature's "food chain", considering that they appear to be on a (self) destruct mission.<br /><br />On a practical note, Cro: When you squash them do you do so with your boots? My concern here that bits of now minced caterpillar will cling onto the soles of your footwear thus evenly distributing the poison over a larger area. <br /><br />The upshot being, in the words of my father: "Life is one of the most dangerous. It usually ends in death."<br /><br />U Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com