Where I am, autumn is when the spiders decide they want to be indoors
Spiders, giant spiders, stink bugs, the new type of stink bugs that somehow look grosser than the regular stink bugs, mice… We’re absolutely at that stage right now.
Two humans and four half-way competent cats can’t keep up.
I’ve devised so many stink bug removal devices it’s not even funny. The first was a paper towel tube with a little bag on the other end. Now I’ve got a wide mouth jar with some detergent water in it. A fancy little spoon coaxes them inside. They die quickly.
What region are you in? Never seen a stink bug before thankfully
Ohio. They’re invasive and only arrived in large quantities here about 6-8 years back. They’re in the Chicago area as well.
One day we will tell stories to our children about how bugs used to exist before we destroyed our ecosystem.
The bugs will outlive us.
You’re really going to look this feller in their sad little eyes and tell them to go to hell?
Shame on you.
He’s okay. He can stay.
I’m picturing him with a voice like Droopy’s.
Chill in the air
It was 80 degrees this week. In Pennsylvania.
I’m also in PA. The ticks have been horrible this season because it’s not getting cold enough at night to kill them. I’ve never seen this before.
I’m nearby and we have been having lady bugs and stinkbugs everywhere too. Shits ridiculous.
They actually just move inside your walls for the most part. Waiting. Plotting. Breeding.
Bugs are insurgency
still have a mosquito in my bedroom. little asshole hides when i turn on the light to smack it and it senses when i’m about to just fall asleep and that’s when it attacks.
fuck, i hate mosquitoes.
Was just about to comment i had a mosquito yesterday it’s been a couple degrees above freezing here for over a week fuck right off you sleep depriving leeches 🫤
Looks at the massive ant hills that have popped up because the high hasn’t dropped below 70 yet
I wish
I’m unsure if they count as bugs but I got stung in the head by a wasp yesterday while it was 5°C and -2°C the night before. They can not be bothered.
This is the last remaining thing I like about places with winter. The bugs have to start over each year so can only get to a certain level.
… there’s no bugs anymore either way :/
I realize this has terrible ramifications and indicates the depth of our irresponsibility etc etc, but this is one of the few silver linings to our current dilemma and I will fully allow myself to enjoy it
Yeah… Lots and lots of stinkbugs… My bedroom has become a minefield
Fall is BIS. Crisp air. Less people outside. The tree colors make happy chemicals in my brain.
I’m in a place with daylight saving time, and when DST ends, the sun is basically only out when I’m working, so I don’t really ever see it, nor do I get to enjoy any time in the sun.
Once that happens, the happy chemicals get much harder to brain.
i guess texas is hell after all heh
Was that ever in doubt?
As a hiker, I love a good cold run in the winter. A week of temperatures below 10°F (-12°C) will kill the majority of ticks in a region. The colder it gets, the quicker they’ll die.
“But Gonta like bug! Bug teach Gonta how to be gentleman! For example, mantis show Gonta is only polite to have lady eat head after sex.”
I get the complaint, but I could do with some more bugs these days.
???
I vacillated all day on whether I actually wanted to answer this question(?) because if you’re not familiar with the situation, it might be a blissful oblivion. However, if it were me, I’d rather know.
Among the many other potentially apocalyptic situations going on, insects are dying out. If insects die en masse, especially pollinating ones, our entire ecosystem dies. Which means no food. Even if you exclusively eat meat, your meat eats plants, which require insects.
Therefore, I wouldn’t mind a few more bugs around so that I could feel confident of continuing to be able to find nutrients.
I didn’t know that ! Is this a very local thing ?
No, it’s worldwide. Further information: [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations](insect apocalypse)
edit: my links never seem to work, but it might be my client. Sorry if so.
