Dannybear has sent this one in for help from the hivemind:
Hello! wondering if anybody knows what this is?
a yellow thing poked out of it for a second but not long enough to ID, its about 6 inches long, thanks!
dannybear

I’ve just been more than a little horrified to discover these monsters lurking in the cottoneaster in O’Connor.
I’m assuming they’re a pair. There’s a bee in the first shot for scale (and it was a big bee) can anyone advise what these brutes are?

This in from Ben_Dover:
Spotted these two doing the dirty deed down at, yes you guessed it, the Pinnacle.
Anyone know what they are?
(And what is that position called? )
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Seen this morning at LBG.
About 4 inches long.
Couldn’t get better images as I was too scared to get close to it.

Just wondering if any ofr the Rioters can identify this caterpillar that was on my railing yesterday morning?

These guys have been everywhere lately. At my sons play group this morning, there were bunches of 50 or so clumped around some play equipment, mating like mad!
I just can’t remember seeing these in such numbers before. There is a constant swarm of them over our front yard. They aren’t any problem or anything – [...]

joeyjojojuniorshabadoo discovered this behemoth trying to break into his house this morning.
Anyone know what it is?