8/8/2006: Swedish caterpillar infestation - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 08-08-2006, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I've seen this movie. Everyone comes out of pods and starts killing the normal people!

Whew.... That means we're all safe.

Iggy · 08-09-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormieweather

There was not a square foot anywhere that didn't have hopping, squirming, squishy little frogs covering it.

It was the most horrible, disgusting walk of my life. I'll never forget the crunch and 'sploosh' sounds as well as the squashing sensation under my high heeled pumps.

Stormie

I had a similar experience, only it was grasshoppers. Huge, 1 1/2 - 2 inch long, grasshoppers. For people who aren't too familiar with them, they make lots and lots of guts when you squish them.

One summer while I was working at our baseball stadium we had an infestation. I am not sure why, but the entire area was covered with them. I think it had rained or something and they were looking for shelter and they say the bright lights on at the stadium and swarmed it. I could not walk without crushing many of them, and even when I managed to miss them there were already crushed bodies ready to squish under my shoes. The only good thing about it was I was wearing athletic shoes and so they didn't touch my feet... but it was so disgusting to feel the nastiness under my shoes!!! *shudders*

capnhowdy · 08-21-2006, 07:02 PM

Mmmm... Caterpillar soup.

The 42 · 08-22-2006, 03:33 PM

Bleah! They make bugs big where I come from- once I opened my knapsack at work and a huge beetle about the length of my index finger crawled out and over my hand.

barefoot serpent · 08-23-2006, 10:27 AM

and now yellowjackets in Alabama engulf entire car!

glatt · 08-23-2006, 10:38 AM

I saw that. It's freaky. I'd be so scared to have a yellow jacket nest that size near my house.

I remember reading about an ingenious trap you can make to kill yellow jackets involving a hunk of raw fish and a pan of soapy (but not sudsy) water. You'd need a swimming pool to kill a nest that size.

Undertoad · 08-23-2006, 11:03 AM

I just addressed my yellowjacket problem. I paid $225 for guys to squirt powder poison into my walls.

When I put my ear up to the wall, I could hear the whole nest buzzing. It was very scary.

It took two shots at it to kill them.

They had to go, because they wanted in.

I tried killing them myself with a cheap wasp killer spray and only got stung as a result.

I'm not removing this light switch cover until I have replacement vacuum cleaner bags.

Sundae · 08-23-2006, 11:44 AM

Not wanting to distract attention from your sincerely creepy infestation UT but...

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He investigated a nest near Pineapple, measuring about 5 feet by 4 feet, that was coming out of the ground on a roadside. A southwest Pike County house in Goshen had a giant nest spreading into its roof.

... there's a town called Pineapple!

I may die happy now. Or I may join internet dating sites for that area, hoping to become a British mail-order bride just for the thrill of living in (a) Pineapple.

Trilby · 08-23-2006, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

...the thrill of living in (a) Pineapple.

A Pineapple Under the Sea?

lulu · 08-25-2006, 07:43 PM

/checks Sweden off the list of a possible vacation destination.

richlevy · 08-26-2006, 09:41 AM

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"We're not really sure how this multiple queen thing works," Ray said. "It could be that the daughters of the original queen don't leave the nest or that the queens have developed some way to cooperate."

That sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie.

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Specialists say it could be the result of a mild winter and drought conditions,

Thank you, Mr. 'No Global Warming' President.

08-21-2006, 07:02 PM	#18
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Mmmm... Caterpillar soup. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-23-2006, 10:27 AM	#20
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	and now yellowjackets in Alabama engulf entire car! __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

08-25-2006, 07:43 PM	#25
lulu with karate i'll kick your ass Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 53	/checks Sweden off the list of a possible vacation destination. __________________ Hiya!

08-22-2006, 03:33 PM	#19
The 42 I'm not lurking, I'm stalking YOU! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Somwhere over the rainbow Posts: 70	Bleah! They make bugs big where I come from- once I opened my knapsack at work and a huge beetle about the length of my index finger crawled out and over my hand.

08-23-2006, 10:38 AM	#21
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I saw that. It's freaky. I'd be so scared to have a yellow jacket nest that size near my house. I remember reading about an ingenious trap you can make to kill yellow jackets involving a hunk of raw fish and a pan of soapy (but not sudsy) water. You'd need a swimming pool to kill a nest that size.

08-23-2006, 11:03 AM	#22
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I just addressed my yellowjacket problem. I paid $225 for guys to squirt powder poison into my walls. When I put my ear up to the wall, I could hear the whole nest buzzing. It was very scary. It took two shots at it to kill them. They had to go, because they wanted in. I tried killing them myself with a cheap wasp killer spray and only got stung as a result. I'm not removing this light switch cover until I have replacement vacuum cleaner bags.

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