June Bugs

Erika! · 03-30-2011, 06:34 PM

I especially hate June bugs because they always end up getting in my hair and it's soo disgusting and hard trying to get them out.

crukster · 03-30-2011, 06:34 PM

****ing cricket symphonies I love that **** man. I can't sleep here in the UK without it, it's the sound of nighttime imo

Bloozcrooz · 03-30-2011, 06:41 PM

If im camping or something its cool...but when the lil cricket bastards going acapella on my time not so much.

bahama · 03-31-2011, 12:46 AM

Come on..no love for da june bugs???

Bloozcrooz · 03-31-2011, 01:22 AM

Ded gum June bugs...cant live with'em cant...live with'em

Howard the Duck · 03-31-2011, 08:44 AM

we have a sort of variety of that here - but they're pretty silent and adept flyers, and they don't cling to you - pretty harmless, really, i don't see any need to "zap" 'em, i just pick them up and put them out of the house to enjoy their merry bugging

the only bug that unsettles me is this kinda 6-8" HUGE sarawakian beetle with menacing mandibles - but they're quite rare in West Malaysia

Engine · 04-01-2011, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

I fucking HATE June bugs.
Why is it that out of all the flying creatures on this earth, they are the most inept at aerial navigation? Or do they just enjoy crashing into your head, or other body parts, or straight into walls? They generally seem like the most purposeless bug ever invented, to me. Dumb, inadequate, and if any any insect predators actually find themselves at the bottom of the barrel and feed on them, they're only doing so for a short period of time.
I don't get it. They're the most retarded of all bugs, in my book. I don't know how they survive as a species. Maybe it's because all the creatures in the world have standards.

Ha! I've always wondered about them too. I mean, every one I see looks like it's in its death throes .. flying into walls, or on their back unable to turn over. I love them for it though, I'll flip 'em upright when they need some help. Usually when I see one I'm just glad it's not a tree roach .. although I like those guys too. It's fun to catch them and throw them back outside.

RE bug zappers, I hate them. The zapping sound and the blinding light bothers me more than any bug does.

In central TX, I haven't seen June bugs yet this year, probably because it's been unseasonably cool. God bless the idiotic June bug.

Anybody into paper wasps?

Bloozcrooz · 04-01-2011, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine

Ha! I've always wondered about them too. I mean, every one I see looks like it's in its death throes .. flying into walls, or on their back unable to turn over. I love them for it though, I'll flip 'em upright when they need some help. Usually when I see one I'm just glad it's not a tree roach .. although I like those guys too. It's fun to catch them and throw them back outside.

RE bug zappers, I hate them. The zapping sound and the blinding light bothers me more than any bug does.

In central TX, I haven't seen June bugs yet this year, probably because it's been unseasonably cool. God bless the idiotic June bug.

Anybody into paper wasps?

Whats a paper wasp?

Engine · 04-01-2011, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Boozinbloozin

Whats a paper wasp?

I'm glad you asked because they're one of my favorite winged bug-things.

Here's what one looks like..

and they make nests in any little shaded crevice like a porch roof. The nests look like this ..

They look like other, more aggressive wasps but these guys are relatively peaceful. They sting but only when seriously provoked. I was stung by one that was hiding in my shoe after it got trapped in my house and I stuck my foot into my shoe where it was hiding. Much less aggressive than most wasps and they eat almost every other bug. They eat ants and spiders (I love most spiders too, though) and they spend their lives building elaborate nests out of wood bits that they snatch from trees (so their nests are 'paper').

I reluctantly knocked down two of their nests near my window just yesterday. But they're really lovable creatures. They eat mosquitos!

All hail the Paper wasp.

Freebase Dali · 04-01-2011, 08:07 PM

Hrmm... I've seen those. I've always incorrectly referred to them as Hornets, although they're smaller than Hornets. I just never knew they were actually called Paper Wasps.

They look cool though.

03-31-2011, 12:46 AM	#24 (permalink)
bahama Groupie Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 33	Come on..no love for da june bugs??? __________________ Steel Drum Music by my band Steel Tropics

03-30-2011, 06:34 PM	#21 (permalink)
Erika! Groupie Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 49	I especially hate June bugs because they always end up getting in my hair and it's soo disgusting and hard trying to get them out.

03-30-2011, 06:34 PM	#22 (permalink)
crukster Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 181	**ing cricket symphonies I love that ** man. I can't sleep here in the UK without it, it's the sound of nighttime imo

03-31-2011, 08:44 AM	#26 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	we have a sort of variety of that here - but they're pretty silent and adept flyers, and they don't cling to you - pretty harmless, really, i don't see any need to "zap" 'em, i just pick them up and put them out of the house to enjoy their merry bugging the only bug that unsettles me is this kinda 6-8" HUGE sarawakian beetle with menacing mandibles - but they're quite rare in West Malaysia

04-01-2011, 08:07 PM	#30 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Hrmm... I've seen those. I've always incorrectly referred to them as Hornets, although they're smaller than Hornets. I just never knew they were actually called Paper Wasps. They look cool though.