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Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3228 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
From Gizmodo: Go Ahead, Share Your Most Revolting Bug-Eating Stories Reader, let me ask you an honest question: When’s the last time you ate a bug, wittingly or otherwise? |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
From Gizmodo: Go Ahead, Share Your Most Revolting Bug-Eating Stories I don't recall ever having eaten a bug. I did have a somewhat disgusting experience once. I was driving on a country road in Germany in the Spring or Summer (don't recall). I had my window open. A bee flew in and splatted on the left lens of my glasses. I believe if I hadn't been wearing glasses I might be half blind right now. Poor bee. Lucky Sue. ~Sue~ |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3228 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Woman Has Venomous Spider Removed From Inside Ear ..... Not just any spider – because it can’t be that simple – a highly venomous brown recluse. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Spotted this little fella sat on the fence when we went for a stroll yesterday afternoon... OMG!! Fantastic! ~Sue~ |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13747 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Yep, great closeup shot showing lots of detail. Grant Darwin NT |
Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4 |
Keith, your photo of the dragonfly is soo Beautiful, Keith that photo and all your Photos, shows how Beautiful Life is on Planet Earth, you have an incredible Talent, have you every considered entering a photo Contest ?? |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I witnessed this in the big tree in my backyard. I used my iPhone 7 to take the photos - one with flash and one without flash. I'm always amazed by how good my bug pix are when I use my phone. This is a common spider snacking on a cicada. FYI I am in central Texas and took these pictures today (Sep. 11). With flash: With no flash: ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Did a gene-modified mosquito apocalypse plan backfire in Brazil? Study says ‘Yes,’ company says ‘No’ "Powell and his co-authors warned that some genetically-modified mosquitoes even showed signs of 'hybrid vigor' in which the artificially-introduced genetic diversity actually made the mosquitoes stronger and more resilient. Oxitec, however, claims the data 'does not support this hypothesis.'" Super mosquitoes! ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I've found a new way to feed the bees. Put some clean stones/pebbles in a shallow dish. Place the dish where the bees can find it and where people won't be surrounded by bees. Then pour in enough "nectar" so that the tops of the stones stay dry (for the bees to land on). Don't try to walk with a shallow dish of nectar! Make sure the stones/pebbles are clean. If you pick them up outside they could have lawn chemicals and/or insecticides on them. I bought a cheap little bag of aquarium stones. There are also, usually, decorative stones/pebbles in the hobby department of your local big box store. I use the same recipe for the nectar as I do for hummingbirds: 1 part cane sugar to 4 parts water. The water only needs to be warm enough to dissolve the sugar. The bees will eat whatever you put out very quickly, once they find it. What you see in the photo is a shallow dish sitting inside a plastic Frisbee! I was going to use the Frisbee but then decided to go with the smaller dish. I can't explain why I left the Frisbee under the dish. Just seemed right. :-) Also, I'd just filled the dish a few minutes before I took the picture. There will be a LOT more bees there later. ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I've had a lot of wheelbugs in my yard but never two at once, like this! Here's a video I uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/T1HtM-zcSTQ ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Just a stick walking on my house. ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13747 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Sweet discovery sees more than 10kg of honey, 60,000 bees removed from couple's home. A Carseldine couple has been left stunned after a two-metre-long beehive was cut out of their ceiling, months after a similar hive was removed from a property in Bracken Ridge. Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34887 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Sweet discovery sees more than 10kg of honey, 60,000 bees removed from couple's home.At about the time that I moved out of Sydney to here (about18yrs ago) a house at Mt. Druitt had to have the front walls totally rebuilt after being found totally full and overflowing into the ceiling (the cornice popping off was their first clue to a problem). At that time the amount honey collected from there was said to have more than paid for the repairs. Cheers. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Two Maryland counties under quarantine amid spotted lanternfly invasion The Spotted Lanternfly is beautiful, but it's highly invasive and very destructive. If you see one, kill it. So far they've only appeared in the eastern USA (Pennsylvania and Maryland, iirc). ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Feathered dinosaurs were eaten by lice-like insects, study says So now we know what happened to the dinosaurs. LOL! ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3330 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Michael Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18 |
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
I've had a lot of wheelbugs in my yard but never two at once, like this! Those are also called assassin bugs. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
I witnessed this in the big tree in my backyard. I used my iPhone 7 to take the photos - one with flash and one without flash. I'm always amazed by how good my bug pix are when I use my phone. This is a common spider snacking on a cicada. FYI I am in central Texas and took these pictures today (Sep. 11). I'm betting on a female orb spider that is about to start laying eggs by the looks of her distended abdomen. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
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