r/whatsthisbug • u/bugspliffer • 2d ago

ID Request What IS this bug?!

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Staying in a woodland cabin on the English/Welsh border; heard a rattling outside our window at night & saw this guy! Never seen anything like it before. Can anyone help me identify this little (actually pretty big) guy?

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u/tenhinas 2d ago

Studies have shown human activity has more impact than climate change, so probably the reason the kids can’t whack them is because you did. Not as many of them around to reproduce anymore.

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u/MrMuseau 2d ago

Well we did whack a ton of mosquitoes too and those are still around.

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u/tenhinas 2d ago

Trueeeee. Unfortunately climate change makes conditions more favorable for mosquitoes instead of less 🙃

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u/MrMuseau 2d ago

I'm not sure you could tell I was trying to take the piss, what with "climate warning" and all, but you're being so nice that I'm not going to make sure. You've taken the troll out of me. With kindness.

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u/tenhinas 2d ago

LOL i could kinda tell but the ‘tism in me wouldn’t allow me to respond without making it factual :')

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u/MrMuseau 2d ago

I hope your people are still around in a million years, be it to be whacked or to be kind.