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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2017 8:31:43 GMT -5
I heard a cicada making a distress call.
Distress it is in, being stung to death. Yellow jackets are capable of multiple stings. Poor cicada is being prepared for dinner.
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Post by Sabre52 on May 15, 2017 9:41:07 GMT -5
Oh yeah them yallerjackets are meat eaters of the first order. The eat everything from adult bugs and caterpillars to road kill and my hamburgers. We have Cicada Killer wasps here that are so big they carry off a large cicada all by themselves. Sound like a dang Huey flying by.....Mel
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Post by Fossilman on May 15, 2017 9:47:29 GMT -5
Had my share of stings from them beasts,while roofing as a young buck!!! Sad or not,I liked the video...
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2017 10:24:42 GMT -5
Oh yeah them yallerjackets are meat eaters of the first order. The eat everything from adult bugs and caterpillars to road kill and my hamburgers. We have Cicada Killer wasps here that are so big they carry off a large cicada all by themselves. Sound like a dang Huey flying by.....Mel Cicada killer wasp is #1 most dastardly. Insects make Sci Fi look like serenity. "Once cells have been constructed, the search for cicadas begins. Canvassing tree trunks and lower limbs, the wasp stings its prey, turns the victim on its back, straddles it, and drags it or glides with it to the burrow. Each cell is furnished with at least one cicada (sometimes two or three) and a single egg before being sealed off. The egg hatches two or three days later and the larva feeds four to ten days, until only the cicada's outer shell remains. During the fall, the larva spins a silken case and prepares to overwinter. Only one generation occurs each year." |
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2017 10:25:52 GMT -5
Had my share of stings from them beasts,while roofing as a young buck!!! Sad or not,I liked the video... An insect that keeps on stinging. The Eveready. |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 13:05:44 GMT -5
One year at the Virgin Valley Opal fields, the Horseflies were really bad. They were bombarding my white pickup truck and us like crazed kamikazes. We would swat the hell out of them. It would knock them out for a few minutes, but then they would come back to life and attack some more. So then we thought it would be fun to start feeding them to the ants. I guess it's kind of morbid to be entertained watching a group of ants dismembering the horseflies and dragging the pieces down into the nest. Seems right to me. |
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Post by Pat on May 15, 2017 14:41:50 GMT -5
Yum! Fresh meat! : )
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2017 15:40:08 GMT -5
One year at the Virgin Valley Opal fields, the Horseflies were really bad. They were bombarding my white pickup truck and us like crazed kamikazes. We would swat the hell out of them. It would knock them out for a few minutes, but then they would come back to life and attack some more. So then we thought it would be fun to start feeding them to the ants. I guess it's kind of morbid to be entertained watching a group of ants dismembering the horseflies and dragging the pieces down into the nest. Seems right to me. Agreed. Horseflies = hornets. They inflict, you inflict. They always go for the center of the back where you can't reach them. cruel and unusual. |
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Post by coloradocliff on May 15, 2017 15:41:55 GMT -5
Oh yeah them yallerjackets are meat eaters of the first order. The eat everything from adult bugs and caterpillars to road kill and my hamburgers. We have Cicada Killer wasps here that are so big they carry off a large cicada all by themselves. Sound like a dang Huey flying by.....Mel Cicada killer wasp is #1 most dastardly. Insects make Sci Fi look like serenity. "Once cells have been constructed, the search for cicadas begins. Canvassing tree trunks and lower limbs, the wasp stings its prey, turns the victim on its back, straddles it, and drags it or glides with it to the burrow. Each cell is furnished with at least one cicada (sometimes two or three) and a single egg before being sealed off. The egg hatches two or three days later and the larva feeds four to ten days, until only the cicada's outer shell remains. During the fall, the larva spins a silken case and prepares to overwinter. Only one generation occurs each year." Wow I thought only Colorado cowboys lived like that. |
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Post by coloradocliff on May 15, 2017 15:42:48 GMT -5
Agreed. Horseflies = hornets. They inflict, you inflict. They always go for the center of the back where you can't reach them. cruel and unusual. and deer flies go for your back.. like x wives.. |
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2017 15:42:54 GMT -5
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Post by Pat on May 15, 2017 15:44:43 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2017 15:45:38 GMT -5
Cicada killer wasp is #1 most dastardly. Insects make Sci Fi look like serenity. "Once cells have been constructed, the search for cicadas begins. Canvassing tree trunks and lower limbs, the wasp stings its prey, turns the victim on its back, straddles it, and drags it or glides with it to the burrow. Each cell is furnished with at least one cicada (sometimes two or three) and a single egg before being sealed off. The egg hatches two or three days later and the larva feeds four to ten days, until only the cicada's outer shell remains. During the fall, the larva spins a silken case and prepares to overwinter. Only one generation occurs each year." Wow I thought only Colorado cowboys lived like that. They use a tape measure to find the EXACT center of your back. So you will dislocate your shoulder when you try to slap em. |
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Post by coloradocliff on May 15, 2017 15:47:17 GMT -5
He knows because James is psychotic..Sees the future and hears the voices.. and the big boys told him.. hehehe
Good afternoon the lovely and vivacious Pat..
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2017 15:48:33 GMT -5
LOL, watching there aggression I 'figure' it must be tasty. OH ! I asked this lady  |
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Post by coloradocliff on May 15, 2017 15:48:43 GMT -5
Wow I thought only Colorado cowboys lived like that. They use a tape measure to find the EXACT center of your back. So you will dislocate your shoulder when you try to slap em. Humm. Your tongues must be shorter than ours are out west.. |
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Post by coloradocliff on May 15, 2017 15:49:29 GMT -5
LOL, watching there aggression I 'figure' it must be tasty. OH ! I asked this lady Don't let her lick you in the mouth.. |
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2017 15:49:40 GMT -5
He knows because James is psychotic..Sees the future and hears the voices.. and the big boys told him.. hehehe Good afternoon the lovely and vivacious Pat.. Why suffer from insanity when you can take pride in it. |
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Post by jamesp on May 15, 2017 15:50:29 GMT -5
They use a tape measure to find the EXACT center of your back. So you will dislocate your shoulder when you try to slap em. Humm. Your tongues must be shorter than ours are out west.. Not touching that one |
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Post by coloradocliff on May 15, 2017 15:53:54 GMT -5
He knows because James is psychotic..Sees the future and hears the voices.. and the big boys told him.. hehehe Good afternoon the lovely and vivacious Pat.. Why suffer from insanity when you can take pride in it. OMG James. That's why you are our king.. |
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