awesome bug

[TPFKA@W]

Ok, not a bug, an insect. Still awesome.

http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/20 ... r-80-years

[wesw]

awesome indeed.

[oldr_n_wsr]

What size/kind of fish goes after that "bait"?

[RayThom]

They taste like chicken.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Looks like a relative of a hellgremite.

[Bicycle Bill]

Looks like a relative of a hellgremite.

Which is the larval form of these:


Harmless in and of themselves, they usually hatch en masse and then swarm around lights in their attempts to mate and reproduce (and subsequently die).  Their hatches are sometimes so prolific and involve so many insects that they have even been picked up on weather radar, and it goes without saying that they can become quite a nuisance....

   
(the above pictures are from NOAA and were taken in July 2014 during a huge mayfly hatch along my portion of the Upper Mississippi River)
to the point that it sometimes becomes necessary to call out snow-removal equipment to remove their lifeless bodies from bridges and overpasses.



-"BB"-

[Gob]

Great story, I want one as a pet. Hen is not keen.

[TPFKA@W]

I want a snake or a dragon, the small bearded ones, or an iguana. Husband is not keen on it.

[Gob]

One eye'd trouser snake?

[TPFKA@W]

Thank God he will catch and kill spiders.

[No Greater Fool]

One eye'd trouser snake?

Thank God he will catch and kill spiders.

Wait, what?

[TPFKA@W]

[oldr_n_wsr]

I want a snake or a dragon, the small bearded ones, or an iguana. Husband is not keen on it.

I once had 12 garter snakes, 11 females and one male. Then I had hundreds of garter snakes.

[kmccune]

Sorry to disagree ,but as a former avid angler ,I can tell you a Hellgramite and mayfly are not the the same thing ,a mature Hellgramite looks almost as viscious as its larva(big jaws ) I believe a caddis fly is similar to the Mayfly . Which is maybe what you were thinking of .

[oldr_n_wsr]

a mature Hellgramite looks almost as viscious as its larva(big jaws )

Yup
I remember sitting under a spotlight and there was a mature hellgramite (dobsonfly) on the house wall. Big thing with big pincers. I think it was eating the other bugs.

[kmccune]

I was wondering what they used those pincers for ,anybody have Ladybug problems this year ? Those little smelly buggers ,pinch ,bite or do something , fortunately they werent very common around here this year (for whatever reason )

[wesw]

I think you are referring to the fake lookalike ladybugs....

[kmccune]

Yep , the imports .