Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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That's what my wife calls them. To me they are woodlice. Yesterday she decided to weed what we laughingly call a rockery next to our small pond. Doing so she disturbed a number of the pesky creatures who are now happily marching into the back door.
Here's a picture of a couple of them up to no good.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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must have been the nice weather , making them come out of their shells !!!!!
even the monkey - peas need passion
Guest 668- Registered: 13 Apr 2008
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I used to get a lot of them in the house when I lived in Lascelles road, but not where I currently am or the area before.. Its funny how certain areas breed different levels of bugs. I've always found Dover to be inhabited by a large amount of slugs too..
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i was served one with my pie and chips in a cafe on the west ferry road, millwall many years ago.
i declined to eat it though i am sure that at least one of our members will have a recipe book that covers them.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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not this time howard,but if you got loads you could allways deep fry them and put them on stick with sprinkles.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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I never knew they could be called monkey-peas until I came down to Dover.
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Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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I thought it was Monkey-nuts that came out of their shells
"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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We have always called them Mister Ticklies.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
I know them as Monkey Peas or Pea Bugs
Guest 744- Registered: 20 Mar 2012
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Yes I've always called them monkey peas. We once had a German shepherd dog who was as soft as putty. He would see them running across the floor and give them a tap with his massive paw. This would stun them and they would recover, run away and he would stand there bemused.
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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There we go again. As I mentioned on the last thread about animals, it's impossible to have a topic about them without the usual suspects threatening to eat them.
Great pictures Terry. These little chaps are isopod crustaceans and only thrive in damp places, their hard shell prevents them from drying out. We get thousands of them up at the Redoubt, and I once found a small red Woodlouse Spider - a specialist predator that only feeds on them. It should have been a fat little thing given the amount of woodlice there are up there!
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
Carole - My GSD eats them, it makes a change from her leaping in the air and catching flies!
Phil - That's my pocket camera, less than £50 from ALDI!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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phil,didnt say i was eating them,but terrys dog does.ok sunshine.
Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
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The word 'monkey peas' for woodlice is probably the most authentic example of genuine Dovorian vernacular.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Well really, you have brought this upon yourselves. Encouraging me to search 'monkey-peas' and eating...
http://peasandthankyou.com/2010/09/28/monkey-pea/Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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lol.. must be GSDs that are curious then!! Mine is soft as putty and likes standing on spiders...
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
Those pesky creatures are on the march again. I put it down to next door's garden resembling a bomb site and disturbing them. The eastern european "builders" have been "renovating" next door since October. Hopefully we, and the monkey peas, will get some peace soon.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Hope it will not be more flats Terry but a family home,
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