Maybe we could do a trade. I have some mosquitoes I can swap for a few of those bugs of yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by happylabs
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Maybe we could do a trade. I have some mosquitoes I can swap for a few of those bugs of yours.Quote:
Originally Posted by happylabs
No, we have our own mosquitoes. I was going to give a two for one and send them along with the lightning bugs. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by wombat2u2004
I was talking to a guy yesterday and asked him - He is a guy that lives in the area - what was in the trees making a HUGE racket.
"Cicadas", he told me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada
These things are the noisiest things on the planet.
They stick up in the trees and make the loudest sound. It's starts off low and builds up for about 15-20 seconds then stops.
I laughed because I saw a news blurb about a man who was arrested for calling the police because the insects were making way too much noise near his home!:eek:;)
I hate those darn things! I get to listen to them most of the day here when I go outside - they are in full bloom now! Nasty, creepy looking monsters, and they leave their cocoons all over the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
I had a little green tree toad suctioned to the dining room window last night - outside of course. And last night was somewhat cooler too, and the lightening bugs were putting on quite a show. A couple even hitched a ride on me and got in the house! :eek:
They are as noisy as hell. My house is surrounded by trees, and I swear all of the cicadas in the region live in my trees. We have Green Grocers, those things make one hell of a racket.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
We have a Green Grocer here too, but he's a guy on t.v. that gives tips on buying fresh produce. He's not noisy at all! :p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by wombat2u2004
Awwww...you don't like the cicadas? I can't say that they have ever bothered me. It's just a song of the summer. :D
I'm not all "ewww... icky" about bugs in general, but I hate cicadas more than anything. I don't want them anywhere near me. If I see one I throw everything within arm's reach at it before running the other way. I call them Satan's Cockroach, because nothing God created ought to be so butt-ugly and noisy. :mad:
Pretty soon the CRICKETS will be joining the outdoors concert. :eek:
I suspected those were your noisemakers, Richard! But at least now you have your answer! And Pomtzu, I am so completely jealous you had a tree frog on your window! So cool!
If only they would stay outdoors. They love to get in the house and serenade you all night - and of course you can't find them to silence them since they never are where they sound like they are. My son's cats help tho - they find them to be quite tasty, tho they don't eat the legs - they leave those on the kitchen floor. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bonny
They are cute little buggers, aren't they? Many years ago when we first moved to here in the country and I saw one on the side of the house, it nearly scared the devil out of me since I couldn't imagine what the heck it was. I cautiously got closer, then saw what it was. I was almost expecting the little critter to jump at me. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Karen
LOL,Quote:
Originally Posted by wombat2u2004
No link to the GG?;)
The evenings are a real trip out here.
Back in CA there was the sound of the freeway, cars, a train line and the small airport.
I do miss the small airplanes. I did see hear one yesterday and had to stretch my head to see what it was!
They are pretty cute. I had one on my sliding door awhile back after a hard rain and wind. Funny to see them suctioned to the door glass.Quote:
Originally Posted by pomtzu
Thats city livin' for ya. Everything that moves is mechanical.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
I prefer to live in the country, no congestion, the air is better, and you get to eat as many cicadas as you want. ;)
Le Green Grocer...............
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