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Possibly moving to FL. How big are the bugs really?

 
 
BorisKitten
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 10:28 am
@panzade,
I HATE these things! Every year they infest our yard... young 'uns... ah, here we go:

http://newandusedhomes.com/MO/Grasshoppers.jpg

Ack! They cover the plants by the pond, and I know they'll become GIGANTIC when they grow up.
BorisKitten
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 10:39 am
@tsarstepan,
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@panzade,
Are they (black widows) rare?

Not really. Hubby's seen them several times at work: They move into abandoned cars (he's an auto mechanic).

Of course, we're Rural FL. We've seen them in our shed, as well.
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Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 11:30 am
Bugs............ i love bugs..............LOVE BUGS in front of a lens!












<RogRat - would you pass me a bucket please.... the 8 legged things have just given me the heeby-jeebies and I think I need to throw, you know how I don't do 8 legs.... ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK>

banana ones, wolf ones, widow ones......................... UGH







AND





UGH AGAIN!
panzade
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 11:40 am
@Izzie,
don't worry luv...I believe UK has a quarantine on all bugs.
Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 11:54 am
@BorisKitten,
BorisKitten wrote:

Quote:
It's fun to stalk an alligator! Razz

We had one in our small backyard pond that must have been fed by someone, since when it heard you coming it would quickly swim TOWARDS you. I've never seen an alligator behave that way, and I hope I never do again.



That's exactly why there is a law in Florida that prohibits feeding 'gators. Once they are fed, they are no longer afraid of humans, and that means TROUBLE. Alligators, unlike crocodiles, are naturally afraid of humans, and will flee if a person gets too close.
Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:01 pm
@Izzie,
Izzie wrote:

Bugs............ i love bugs..............LOVE BUGS in front of a lens!



Do you mean that you love bugs, or you love "Love Bugs"? Love bugs are those dear little creatures which invade Florida for about two weeks twice a year. The reason for the name is that they spend their time.............ahem, flying united.

I a car goes through a swarm of those critters they muck up the whole front of the car. Their dear little bodies are quite difficult to remove. Some people are concerned that the bugs will get sucked into their car engine, so they install a "car bra".

They are not harmful, (except to car engines) and don't bite. In a park, I had a bunch of them copulate on my eyelashes!

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG068


http://www.carbras.com/
panzade
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:07 pm
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5185/allig.jpg
Center cut alligator tail!

Tastes like chicken
panzade
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:08 pm
@Phoenix32890,
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In a park, I had a bunch of them copulate on my eyelashes!


I guess you could see 'em coming...huh?
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:09 pm
@BorisKitten,
http://newandusedhomes.com/MO/Grasshoppers.jpg
They're playing king of the fence?!

"The last one to the top of the fence is a stinky banana spider!"
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:12 pm
@Phoenix32890,
I can never tell the difference between crocs and alligators....
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:13 pm
@Phoenix32890,
Phoenix32890 wrote:

They are not harmful, (except to car engines) and don't bite. In a park, I had a bunch of them copulate on my eyelashes!

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG068[/b][/color]

http://www.carbras.com/


Did you charge other people for the peepshow... Shocked Laughing
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farmerman
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:15 pm
@panzade,
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Tastes like chicken
If chickens were a reptile. All the alligator I had tasted like a muddy lizard, chicken did NOT come to mind.
Course, I had mine in Imokalee where everyone was packin guns. ADve woulda thought he died and went to heaven.
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:16 pm
@panzade,
When I first saw this picture... I thought what bugs is this guy eating?!

Alligator sounds like it might be chewy, non?
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panzade
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:17 pm
@tsarstepan,
croc
http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.87207773.jpg

gator
http://www.tejascustomboots.com/images/products/Boots-Cognac-Alligator%20Boots.jpg
panzade
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:18 pm
@farmerman,
Quote:
I had mine in Imokalee


accent on the o

im O kalee
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Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:23 pm
@panzade,
<we just got itsy bitsy ones... they still scare the bejeebus outta me> Razz


got some purddddy dragonflies tho! Very Happy






k... back to FL... sheesh, those are biga$$ roaches! me no likey them i reckon

but those grasshoppers are beautiful.
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:27 pm
@panzade,
How do they get plastic from crocodiles?
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/07/23-End%20of%20Month/crocs%20suck.JPG
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Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:28 pm
@Phoenix32890,
ha... never heard of "love bugs"

or a car bra.... LOVE THAT Razz A Car Bra!

<no no Phoenix-girl, I love bugs - as in I photograph them, they fascinate me - have a Giant African Millipede at our school... amazing bugs...>


[quote="panzade"]
[quote]In a park, I had a bunch of them copulate on my eyelashes!
[/quote]

I guess you could see 'em coming...huh?
[/quote]

brahahahaaha...
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 12:59 pm
@tsarstepan,
tsarstepan wrote:

I can never tell the difference between crocs and alligators....


1- Alligators have rounded snouts, crocs long, pointed ones.
2- Alligators will run away from you, crocs will chase you.
Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sat 7 Nov, 2009 01:11 pm
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z69/BerniceL1/th_Alligatorsandcrocs.jpg

Top pic is gator, bottom croc.
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