LOL@IWM! I think I mighta missed my calling cause I have an extreme interest in science and nature...including bugs. I'm scared to death of wasps and hornets...but I love to wach them and all other living, creepy, crawly things. I got straight A's in science classes in high school and I'm a whiz at science and nature in a Trivial Pursuit game.

I really don't know what I would like to study and do about that interest for the rest of my life though. Dunno how to incorporate this interest into a money maker!!???

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For those who've never seen this...and those who don't remember...here's some proof of my bug fetish...

This butterfly pic was last summer/fall...just before a tail end hurricane. She came and landed on my walk in front of me and let me lift her as she fluffed her wings to dry under the light. It was evening and it was wet and getting windy!

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That's a really neat picture Lixychick!!!

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A spider I named Luke......

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Cool butterfly pic! I'm definitely not a fan of the creepy crawlies either. I never knew so much about cicadas but I knew that something made an awful lot of noise in the spring, now I know!

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Lovely butterfly and spider too.I am glad you let the spiders live free.I let them go around the house and love to watch them spin webs to catch the flies.Cicadas aren't from around here so I have never seen one.But if they are harmless,they deserve a place to. Wasps and hornets are a different story.The can attack in self defense and hurt and sometimes even kill.Have you ever seen their mud nests beneath the roofs? I hate to advocate the distruction of any species,but if they're a danger,spray a little WD40 near the entrance of the nests.This will oil their wings and bodies so they can't fly. Thanks for the pictures.....enjoyable.

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I DON'T KILL NARY ANY LIVING THING!!!!

I say "nary" cause if a wolf spider is roaming inside my house and I can't catch it (ie: glass over it and paper shoved under the glass so I can pick it up and shake it off outside), I finally have to stomp it. Hey! Ever see a wolf spider? Yikes! Also, I do kill houseflies if they won't get out the door within 5 tries (that's my rule). Hornets, wasps and yellow jackets are all for Mr. Lixy to be a hero. I scream and scream till he yells, "Shut the fuck up so I can concentrate and get it...damn you!" Awwww...whatta hero! LMFAO! Other than that, I can't think of anything I would have a need to kill. I really just want to look at them and get an idea of their reason for being here!

Oh wait...*swat*...There is that pesky mosquito that has a knee-jerk reaction when it bites. Iffin they just didn't have to leave that saliva in us that makes us sick and/or itch! Geezzzz! Ain't the food chain fun?

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being at the top of it makes for good sleeping

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I hope that they eat tent catipillars!We are infested with them this year,They seem more prevalent,because it has been very windy!My wife has hosed off,our sidewalk & driveway,five times,
in the last two days! Irish

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Loved seeing the pics and reading about it all .... good to learn something new, even on a holiday!!!! thanks for sharing!

Dear LixyChick,

I'm almost embarrased to say that whenever I check into one of your posts, I am so distracted by the beautiful avatar, I can barely read what you have written. I know this one is something about a tree or a bug, but all I can see is a most perfect breast in a most sensuous bra.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, I love that STUFF!!!!!!!

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We miss out on the 17 year cicadas here, but I understand they are hitting some surrounding counties...here we get the 13 year ones, they last hit us in '98...they're ugly & dumb as rocks, but they don't hurt anything (except maybe some very young & tender trees & bushes that the females lay their eggs in)...I've seen birds stuff themselves so full of cicadas they can't fly, & dogs think of 'em as "puppy popcorn"...
Oh, & Lixy...I've always thought the shells they leave behind are the coolest thing about 'em...I always wondered what they were as a kid, & at least that part doesn't make any noise...
When i refer to cicadas as dumb, it's because they fly mindlessly into everything & everybody...one of them got under the waistband of a lady I know, & she had to take her pants off in front of a whole crowd of people to get rid of the lil bastard...

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Thanks everyone! Glad you enjoyed the pics!

Sorry Sharni...for the repost of Luke!

LMAO@puppy popcorn!

giggles@Larry!

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I have to say *blech*!

I could deal with one or two of those things at once...but that many of pretty much anything grosses me out to no end. The fact that they only show up every so many years reminds me that we're about due for another army worm infestation *shudders*...they haven't been around for a few years. Nasty little critters take over and eat everything green in quick order!