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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Fall is the best, summer is my favorite. No further questions, please.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where I am, autumn is when the spiders decide they want to be indoors

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What region are you in? Never seen a stink bug before thankfully

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ohio. They're invasive and only arrived in large quantities here about 6-8 years back. They're in the Chicago area as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

One day we will tell stories to our children about how bugs used to exist before we destroyed our ecosystem.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago

The bugs will outlive us.

[–] TriflingToad 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You're really going to look this feller in their sad little eyes and tell them to go to hell?

Shame on you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

He's okay. He can stay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm picturing him with a voice like Droopy's.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Chill in the air

It was 80 degrees this week. In Pennsylvania.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm nearby and we have been having lady bugs and stinkbugs everywhere too. Shits ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They actually just move inside your walls for the most part. Waiting. Plotting. Breeding.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Bugs are insurgency

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Looks at the massive ant hills that have popped up because the high hasn't dropped below 70 yet

I wish

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

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 🫤

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

... there's no bugs anymore either way :/

[–] atkion 4 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i guess texas is hell after all heh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Was that ever in doubt?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah... Lots and lots of stinkbugs... My bedroom has become a minefield

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fall is BIS. Crisp air. Less people outside. The tree colors make happy chemicals in my brain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I get the complaint, but I could do with some more bugs these days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn’t know that ! Is this a very local thing ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"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."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like I’ve not seen a bug outside of my home in years

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Are you ready to kill some bugs?!

obligatory "I'm doing my part!" quote

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Spider crickets are the fucking worst.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Except those mosquitos with antifreeze for blood. God damn GMO monstrosities