Crickets are FUN!

"jmcquown" wrote:


I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to
the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets;
they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes.

I wonder if this has anything to do with that 17-year cycle of cricket
mating, or whatever that was? (It happened earlier in the year, but these
could be their descendants I guess.) Sorry, my memory of this isn't all
that clear. I just remember that every 17 years, some type of cricket or
locust or something suddenly emerges from invisibility, and they're
everywhere.

Joyce - glad to be in the western USA, far from any cricket infestations

"jmcquown" wrote:


I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to
the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets;
they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes.

I wonder if this has anything to do with that 17-year cycle of cricket
mating, or whatever that was? (It happened earlier in the year, but these
could be their descendants I guess.) Sorry, my memory of this isn't all
that clear. I just remember that every 17 years, some type of cricket or
locust or something suddenly emerges from invisibility, and they're
everywhere.

Joyce - glad to be in the western USA, far from any cricket infestations

"jmcquown" wrote:


I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to
the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets;
they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes.

I wonder if this has anything to do with that 17-year cycle of cricket
mating, or whatever that was? (It happened earlier in the year, but these
could be their descendants I guess.) Sorry, my memory of this isn't all
that clear. I just remember that every 17 years, some type of cricket or
locust or something suddenly emerges from invisibility, and they're
everywhere.

Joyce - glad to be in the western USA, far from any cricket infestations

Cicadas. But this isn't them. The adults mated this spring, laid their
eggs (bored into smaller tree branches) & then died. Eggs hatched & then
the babies (known as nymphs) drop off the trees and bore into the ground, to
hibernate for another 17 years.

I live in south-central Indiana, and those cicadas were plenty loud when
they were about, for about a month. Ever seen War of the World?? The sound
the alien space craft make??? That's what all the cicadas together sounded
like - the background ones - a constant cyclic humming buzz.

--
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lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde
in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)©
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"jmcquown" wrote:


I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to
the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets;
they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes.

I wonder if this has anything to do with that 17-year cycle of cricket
mating, or whatever that was? (It happened earlier in the year, but these
could be their descendants I guess.) Sorry, my memory of this isn't all
that clear. I just remember that every 17 years, some type of cricket or
locust or something suddenly emerges from invisibility, and they're
everywhere.

Joyce - glad to be in the western USA, far from any cricket infestations

Cicadas. But this isn't them. The adults mated this spring, laid their
eggs (bored into smaller tree branches) & then died. Eggs hatched & then
the babies (known as nymphs) drop off the trees and bore into the ground, to
hibernate for another 17 years.

I live in south-central Indiana, and those cicadas were plenty loud when
they were about, for about a month. Ever seen War of the World?? The sound
the alien space craft make??? That's what all the cicadas together sounded
like - the background ones - a constant cyclic humming buzz.

--
The ONE and ONLY
lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde
in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)©
email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com
http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep


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"jmcquown" wrote:


I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to
the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets;
they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes.

I wonder if this has anything to do with that 17-year cycle of cricket
mating, or whatever that was? (It happened earlier in the year, but these
could be their descendants I guess.) Sorry, my memory of this isn't all
that clear. I just remember that every 17 years, some type of cricket or
locust or something suddenly emerges from invisibility, and they're
everywhere.

Joyce - glad to be in the western USA, far from any cricket infestations

Cicadas. But this isn't them. The adults mated this spring, laid their
eggs (bored into smaller tree branches) & then died. Eggs hatched & then
the babies (known as nymphs) drop off the trees and bore into the ground, to
hibernate for another 17 years.

I live in south-central Indiana, and those cicadas were plenty loud when
they were about, for about a month. Ever seen War of the World?? The sound
the alien space craft make??? That's what all the cicadas together sounded
like - the background ones - a constant cyclic humming buzz.

--
The ONE and ONLY
lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde
in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)©
email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com
http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep


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"jmcquown" wrote:


I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to
the changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets;
they are big pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes.

I wonder if this has anything to do with that 17-year cycle of cricket
mating, or whatever that was? (It happened earlier in the year, but these
could be their descendants I guess.) Sorry, my memory of this isn't all
that clear. I just remember that every 17 years, some type of cricket or
locust or something suddenly emerges from invisibility, and they're
everywhere.

Joyce - glad to be in the western USA, far from any cricket infestations

"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote:

Ever seen War of the World?? The sound the alien space craft
make??? That's what all the cicadas together sounded like - the
background ones - a constant cyclic humming buzz.

Cool!!

Joyce

"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote:

Ever seen War of the World?? The sound the alien space craft
make??? That's what all the cicadas together sounded like - the
background ones - a constant cyclic humming buzz.

Cool!!

Joyce

"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote:

Ever seen War of the World?? The sound the alien space craft
make??? That's what all the cicadas together sounded like - the
background ones - a constant cyclic humming buzz.

Cool!!

Joyce

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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I seem to have an infestation of crickets. I suppose it is due to the
changing of the seasons. But these are not normal crickets; they are big
pale brown ugly suckers with striped thoraxes. They live in my built-in
storage room off the patio; I open the door wide and try to let the birds
who eat bugs have a party with them. But sometimes they find their way
into
my apartment. The storage room adjoins my master bedroom closet; oh uh...
no!

Persia finds them in my bathroom and even in the bathtub. She chases them
all around. Has a big time batting them around; oooh look! A hoppy toy!

Get'em, girl! Please??? They are just gross. I don't mind regular
crickets but these things are just too big and ugly for words. Sic'em,
Persia! Get them out of my house!

Jill
--
I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.


my cats love crickets, we have frogs so i get crickets from the pet store
for them, i hafe to keep the crickets in the container in the closet, cause
the cats will knock it over to get at them. it is great fun for them to get
an escapee and play and play. they think it is great fun as well to get in
the action when i feed the frogs, they get their little heads in the tank
and try and catch the crickets in the tank.......
they are hillarious!