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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:29 PM Original message |
Something strange I've noticed this year reference insect activity |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ants are badasses. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. not nearly as bad as you, Bloo |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I have my moments. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. That's why we should watch out... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. it's been dry back east right...? |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:31 PM Original message |
The spiders have come south to Orlando FL, my house has been infested |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Still seeing |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. You huge flying cockroaches in Georgia??????? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I wish!! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I know. It's why I won't have a bagless vacuum cleaner. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Lots and lots of bees in my back yard this summer. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. That is a nice, clean subject line... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. But I have such respect for ants. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. I'm still trying to get the meaning of your comment |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. no no no |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. lol |
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Donkeykick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Insects have been abundant around my part of Ohio. |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. We have a bumper crop of |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. well how would you ever go home |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here in North Texas we had a very wet Spring. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Checking in from northern DE. We've had an overabundance |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No spiders and haven't heard one cricket all summer in Yuma, AZ |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. this past spring: Attack of the Earwigs! |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. how about those gypsy moths, has anyone seen those? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ants seem to become more visible during drought. I think they are |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. Crickets here |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've seen SHITLOADS of cockroaches |
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stop the bleeding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. *spray* |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. bwahahahahahahaha |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. I see some interesting variations from year to year |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. Drought**nm |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
25. Ants and some sort of caterpillary thing |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. Lots of spiders here in WV. |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
27. We've had to send a couple of centipedes to centipede heaven this fall |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. This is what earwigs are.... |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Thanks. They look awful. What part of the country do you find them? |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. I am just guessing and throwing my two cents in mostly |
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jjanpundt (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Earwigs are nasty, mean little critters and this year |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. I like this comment... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
31. That's strange that all you've seen are ants. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think wer'e seeing a lot more ants here because of the drought |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
64. Well, I guess that's where all the ants in my area have gone -- to Chamblee. n/t |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
33. After a very wet summer, this after 15 yrs of drought, LOTS of spiders here!!1 |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. Did they all come up to Ohio? |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Ewww, we've had the horseflies here in Delaware. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. They are huge and their bite is awful. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
65. I have been bitten by horseflies. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I've never been bitten, but my daughter's friend received a nasty one |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. We are spider infested in East Texas |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. Well, there are more spiders than usual here and fewer ants. What's WEIRD is that |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. The fundamental natural balance we have always known is |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
43. Drought has suppressed insect population. Some insects are |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
45. Saw lots of spiders in Oklahoma this summer... |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
46. Well... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. bwahahahahahaha |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Jeez... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. yes, however never seen one that big |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Those bites you got while chasing your dog were from chiggers. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
76. One small correction: YOU do not chase PALMETTO BUGS... |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
47. There's plenty of insect and spider activity here. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
48. There has been a drop in diversity in a lot of insect groups. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. why do I envision you wearing stylish glasses and using your |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. Lol....nothing could be further from the truth. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
51. We have a livestock quarantine due to a disease carried by gnats |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
57. I'm in GA too, but we've had lots of arthropods of all kinds this year. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. I'm not seeing as many big brown spiders here |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. That's exactly the type spiders we normally have!!! |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. WillPitt famously quaked in his boots |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. thats odd, in kentucky |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
67. There was a fly |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Al Haig sent him |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
69. Boxelder beetles are going insane in central Minnesota |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
70. I've had my house sprayed four times and still can't get |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
71. Deciderman spun a web on my balcony |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Christ |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. He was ugly and venomous too. |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
72. self-deleted |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
77. Its the heat and the drought. |
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