IO: Beetles

[Angela Harlem]

A March fly is 3cm long. Big MOFOs.

And they're kinda grey with subtle stripes. Not strict stripes mind, just paler marks down their backs. It's funny, I remember we had a big plague of them once. It was after the Bogan Moths came through in '56. It was a dry summer, another drought had knocked the depressing recession out of the headlines and Pa and I were sittin out on the verandaaah and Pa spat out his teeth and nearly disclocated his titanium knee rushing inside to get Maw with the Baygon and broom..

 

[Tania]

 

[Adam'sbaby]

I've never seen more than two lady bugs at the same time. I've been deprived of bug plagues in my life here in the Netherlands but I can't say I mind.

However, when I was in Texas once I saw a that after it had rained for a day in summer the next day the streets would be covered with dead green bugs. All run over by cars. I thought they were grasshoppers, they were green and had long legs and they scared the crap out of me (even though they were dead).

 

[beli]

Ah well, if you are ever in Australia we can show you some bugs and drool over Adam pictures. You know hes on our national crest now.

 

[Angela Harlem]

Ah, she's talking crickets beli. Cicadas are the other national treasure on our emblem, next to Adam.

 

[zoney!]

this will be my first post in this thread I believe.

Thank you for reading.

 

[Adam'sbaby]

Ah well, if you are ever in Australia we can show you some bugs and drool over Adam pictures. You know hes on our national crest now.

Adam

I don't think you'll have time to show me those bugs.... LOL

 

[beli]

Adam

I don't think you'll have time to show me those bugs.... LOL

We could perch on a 12 foot verandah one hot summers night, drool over our Antons, and LISTEN to the bugs. How does that sound?

 

[Angela Harlem]

i think i hear the sounds of then, of peple talking. scenes recalled. bionic movement, a certain texture. brings home the heady days of night time sweat.
out on the patio, we sit.

 

[Tania]

I've never seen more than two lady bugs at the same time. I've been deprived of bug plagues in my life here in the Netherlands but I can't say I mind.

However, when I was in Texas once I saw a that after it had rained for a day in summer the next day the streets would be covered with dead green bugs. All run over by cars. I thought they were grasshoppers, they were green and had long legs and they scared the crap out of me (even though they were dead).

They weren't dead. That's a cunning trick those crickets have of lying flat on the road and when you turn your back they leap up and go for you.

 

[Angela Harlem]

we watch the lightning crash over cane fields. and our friends think 'this is australia'.

 

[Adam'sbaby]

We could perch on a 12 foot verandah one hot summers night, drool over our Antons, and LISTEN to the bugs. How does that sound?

Ok, now what do I have to bring to protect me from bugbites? I think I should buy lots and lots of anti bug sprays and stuff like that to protect me.
By the way, what happens when you get bitten by one of them bugs?
I hope I won't go mad after a bite or worse...

*thinks of movies that include people getting bitten by bugs and killed because the bug left an egg inside of them that grew out to be one hell of a bug later*

Surely, this won't happen right? We'll just have a nice peaceful evening drooling over our Antons...

 

[Adam'sbaby]

They weren't dead. That's a cunning trick those crickets have of lying flat on the road and when you turn your back they leap up and go for you.

Wait a second,

This is a joke. I turned my back on them. And then I turned around again and they we're still dead. Hadn't moved an inch(or centimeter, whatever you want to say)

Or maybe this only counts for those Australian crickets....
Ah now I get it.

 

[Tania]

Ok, now what do I have to bring to protect me from bugbites? I think I should buy lots and lots of anti bug sprays and stuff like that to protect me.
By the way, what happens when you get bitten by one of them bugs?
I hope I won't go mad after a bite or worse...

*thinks of movies that include people getting bitten by bugs and killed because the bug left an egg inside of them that grew out to be one hell of a bug later*

Surely, this won't happen right? We'll just have a nice peaceful evening drooling over our Antons...

Bring a supply of chocolate. that way you can die happy!

Actually we have lots of sprays here for everything and hospitals if something nasty bites you.

 

[melon]

Argh...now these things are out:

Melon

 

[Tania]

 

[Adam'sbaby]

Argh...now these things are out:

Melon

And what is this bug called? Rather creepy looking bug too..

 

[dandy]

 

[melon]

And what is this bug called? Rather creepy looking bug too..

"Mayflies." Except they always come out in June here.

Melon

 

[zonelistener]

they are friggin everywhere by me....they get as thick as snow some nights

 

[Adam'sbaby]

Mayflies.....in June. What a crazy world we live in..