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fucking junebugs
  • undercoverbanana
    Posts: 7,895Member

    one more junebug flies through my back door( when i let kitties/puppy in or out to go potty) and hits me in the fucking head, then flies into the ceiling fan and goes god knows where and i'm making a fucking homemade flamethrower with a giant can of hairspray and a barbeque lighter.

    that is all.

    i'm nekkid.
  • beachmommybeachmommy
    Posts: 2,664Member
    I second this.  I hate those dumb motherfuckers.
    My beach is still Sandy....
  • AnonUser37
    Posts: 1,765Member
    Hahaha i hate them as well. But my boyfriend and his mature friends seem to find it endlessly funny to throw it at myself and my roomate. They've even taught my son!
  • undercoverbanana
    Posts: 7,895Member
    yuck. those itchy, hairy legs..........
    i'm nekkid.
  • GritsGrits
    Posts: 3,854Member
    GAH!! I'd die @Meghann! I can't stand those things!! They always get stuck in my hair and it gives me the willies something fierce when they do!!

    "I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles." ~Audrey Hepburn
  • beachmommybeachmommy
    Posts: 2,664Member
    haha @meghann!   Last Saturday one flew by my face and landed on the screendoor - DH was inside the door and smacked it - RIGHT BACK INTO MY FACE!  I nearly had a heart attack!
    My beach is still Sandy....
  • Caligirl
    Posts: 32Member
    Why do they go for the head, anyway? Every single time. I always look like a nutwad tucking and rolling so yet another doesnt get stuck in my hair.
  • undercoverbanana
    Posts: 7,895Member
    oh, good. i'm not the only one trying to do the matrix dodge for those little bastards.
    i'm nekkid.
  • AnonUser37
    Posts: 1,765Member
    I used to duck and roll....hahahaha now i just bat them back at the assholes @beachmommy and @grits. Turns out they're not so tough when the bug is coming at THEM!
  • GingersnapGingersnap
    Posts: 7,712Member
    I hate getting June Bugs in my hair. I don't know what it's like with straighter hair, but it's an effing nightmare in mine.

    side note: i hear they are tasty roasted.
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  • katz_meowkatz_meow
    Posts: 4,539Member
    ok, what the hell is a junebug? (Northerner here, cut me some slack)
    Judgement comes in many forms but never scarce or shy
  • unforgivenunforgiven
    Posts: 12,715Confessional Manager
    June bugs freak me the F out! GAH! I literally run from those things. RUN.

    confessional-manager

    "What looks like torture is a time to rejoice
    What sounds like thunder is a comforting voice
    When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed
    And I say I don't know you
    But you say it's finished"
  • GritsGrits
    Posts: 3,854Member
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    This is a Junebug @katz_meow. Ick!
    "I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles." ~Audrey Hepburn
  • katz_meowkatz_meow
    Posts: 4,539Member
    ewwwwww....that'd freak me the fuck out too...flying at my head. yuck!
    Judgement comes in many forms but never scarce or shy
  • notperfectnotperfect
    Posts: 762Member
    Gingersnap said:


    side note: i hear they are tasty roasted.


    @gingersnap, eewww! I just shuttered  :-&
  • AnonUser37
    Posts: 1,765Member
    How far north are you @katz_meow that you don't have june bugs?! I might consider moving!
  • FoulMouthedSailorFoulMouthedSailor
    Posts: 1,934Member
    They suck even more when they hit you in the neck doing 130mph on a bike
    You show the lights that stop me turn to stone, You shine it when I'm alone. And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
    And dreaming when they're gone.
  • katz_meowkatz_meow
    Posts: 4,539Member
    Pittsburgh @Meghann. but we have stink bugs. suicide bomber stinkbugs. ugh
    Judgement comes in many forms but never scarce or shy
  • AnonUser37
    Posts: 1,765Member
    I have june bugs in mass AND stink bugs. Wtf! Not fair!
  • katz_meowkatz_meow
    Posts: 4,539Member
    ah shit. I've never seen a junebug here. but the stinkbug population seems to have died down some. the first summer here we were INFESTED with them. now its not as bad
    Judgement comes in many forms but never scarce or shy
  • GingersnapGingersnap
    Posts: 7,712Member
    I'm in Maine. This is what I've always called a June Bug:

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    3 ways to eat the June Bugs:
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  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,714Member
    Hey at least they can't get THROUGH the screens!  We've got these fucking little tiny bugs that get through the holes in even the finest mesh screen!  

    DRIVES ME FREAKING CRAZY!  Though I do agree, June Bugs are a pain in the ass too!
    Bite me, cupcake!
  • mericksmom
    Posts: 388Member
    Send them my way. I havent seen one in 10 years.  I love them.
  • AnonUser27
    Posts: 1,742Guest
    I always though june bugs were the huge black beetles. The pics posted kinda looked like Japanese beetles to me.
  • GingersnapGingersnap
    Posts: 7,712Member
    What we call Japanese beetles are always green and not very big. 

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  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,714Member
    They come pretty much every which way!
    Bite me, cupcake!
  • PurpleFlowersPurpleFlowers
    Posts: 5,781Member
    I dont think Ive ever seen one either but they would freak me out too.
    Stay away from my chocolate and nobody gets hurt!

    I think I like who I am becoming...
  • momofdbbmomofdbb
    Posts: 9,345Member
    We used to tie string to their back legs an keep them as pets. Well until their back leg would fall off. :-/ we were mean little kids. >:)
    " Wibbly wobbly timey wimey ......." The Doctor
    " I'm a leafe on the wind..watch how I soar ." Wash :((
    " Oh the wall had it comming.' Sherlock Holmes
    yea I am geek !!
  • LLB
    Posts: 3,382Member
    The bugs I have always called a June bug look like that but they are a rust color. I've never seen the green ones here in CT!

    But yes they are PITA! They swarm around the light outside my front door and dive bomb my head everytime I go outside!

  • GrainneGrainne
    Posts: 891Member
    Get one of those screen doors with the magnets!!! They snap back when you go in and out. My parents have one and love it. No bugs in the house!
  • GrainneGrainne
    Posts: 891Member
    http://www.magnetic-screen-door.com/
  • meandmy243meandmy243
    Posts: 6,630Member
    I live in pnw.... the moths will get you!!! mothras!!
    mom of wild children
    going to the chapel 7/5/2014
  • meandmy243meandmy243
    Posts: 6,630Member
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    mom of wild children
    going to the chapel 7/5/2014
  • FoulMouthedSailorFoulMouthedSailor
    Posts: 1,934Member
    http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CE0QtwIwAA&url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1nPd7GfvaI&ei=gnUbULvKGMr50gHAn4DIBA&usg=AFQjCNFS5VKa1GVDAFNWnW97ZZTQo9nQ_A. @meandmy243
    You show the lights that stop me turn to stone, You shine it when I'm alone. And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
    And dreaming when they're gone.
  • meandmy243meandmy243
    Posts: 6,630Member
    @foulmouthedsailor i love that... i love moths.. prettier than butterflies.. and they do go up in flames... found on the other day looked like a bat....
    mom of wild children
    going to the chapel 7/5/2014
  • katz_meowkatz_meow
    Posts: 4,539Member
    @meandmy243 that's a pretty moth. the moths here are mostly a dull greyish brown. ugly. I wouldn't mind moths that look like that
    Judgement comes in many forms but never scarce or shy
  • GingersnapGingersnap
    Posts: 7,712Member
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    We used to get more moths like this, but I haven't seen them around as much.

    Luna Moths. 
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  • undercoverbanana
    Posts: 7,895Member
    I remember seeing green June bugs somewhere, but not here in south Texas. We do get Luna moths here, too (asshole kitty's favorite prey) but they aren't green, here, either. They're grey.
    i'm nekkid.
  • ChickieChickie
    Posts: 129Member
    I'm pretty sure Hell is a dimly lit hallway with junebugs the size of golf balls covering the walls.
    sometimes karma needs a nudge
  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,714Member
    I love Luna Moths, they're so pretty...if our moths looked like them, I wouldn't mind, but no we get those ugly brown/grey ones here too.

    Right now, the damn cicada's are getting on my nerves...they're EVERYWHERE and could drown out L.A. rush hour traffic noise!
    Bite me, cupcake!
  • Beach_HippieBeach_Hippie
    Posts: 126Member
    LOL I hate those fuckers! My brother calls them "flying spike-marbles" because that's what they feel like when the crash into you at 40mph.
  • Marionettevie
    Posts: 2,386Member
    you guys are bitching about june bugs? lol! try watering your grass. which makes all the june bugs come out because they love it. and while they are flying around hitting you in the face. here come the mexican bats that fly here from carlsbad caverns.and you have to tuck and roll from those because they get down pretty low to eat the june bugs that are flying toward your face...hahahha! 

    i hate the moths here brown and ugly (even though i still catch them and throw them outside so they dont die in here) . but the moths where my inlaws live are BEAUTIFUL! and HUGE! they like in TN outside of knoxville.
  • TurthipoTurthipo
    Posts: 340Member

    @Marionettevie at least bats are kinda cute :D

    I HATE moths, anything you can dust off and it can no longer fly, is EWWWW! I can squash spiders, pick up snakes, handle tarantulas, deal with wasps, bees, june bugs... no biggy. A wee tiny moth flys within a 6ft radius of me and I scream like a 4 y.o primadonna having a 6ft boa tossed at her... lol!

  • undercoverbanana
    Posts: 7,895Member
    i actually saw a bat the other night. i was suprised. i figured they would need someplace cool during the day.
    i'm nekkid.
  • BeachyBeachy
    Posts: 4,044Member
    Grits said:

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    This is a Junebug @katz_meow. Ick!


    Ugh that's a Japanese beetle, totally different.
    Gingersnap said:

    I'm in Maine. This is what I've always called a June Bug:


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    3 ways to eat the June Bugs:
    </<br />That's a Junebug.
    I MISS junebugs! We used to have swarms in the summer but I rarely see them now. My friends husband who is a professor at the local U says its because of uninhabitable conditions. They can't breed very successful here anymore. Totally makes me sad/. I love you Junebugs!

    Searching for my lost shaker of salt.
  • BeachyBeachy
    Posts: 4,044Member
    @marrionettevie! You live near Carlsbad Caverns?!?! That place is the most magical place I have ever been In my life. I hope to take my kids there. (I heart rocks).
    Searching for my lost shaker of salt.
  • BeachyBeachy
    Posts: 4,044Member
    Gingersnap said:

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    We used to get more moths like this, but I haven't seen them around as much.

    Luna Moths. 

    Gorgeous! Love!


    Searching for my lost shaker of salt.
  • BeachyBeachy
    Posts: 4,044Member
    I really like bugs. Give me a rollypolly and I am happy. I like bats too.
    I grew up in (lotsa places, but 5 yrz in) Panama and the butterflies! Bigger than your face! And the bats! Ginormous! And the flying cockroaches! As big as a chihuahua! Ok maybe not but super big. Ike A baseball.

    Searching for my lost shaker of salt.
  • undercoverbanana
    Posts: 7,895Member
    Oh, I hate those big motherfucking flying cockroaches. They bite, too.
    i'm nekkid.
  • Marionettevie
    Posts: 2,386Member

    JustBeachy said:

    @marrionettevie! You live near Carlsbad Caverns?!?! That place is the most magical place I have ever been In my life. I hope to take my kids there. (I heart rocks).



    @JustBeachy i live in Hells Pisshole Tx. (el paso) which is about a 3hr drive to Carlsbad Caverns. Too bad they are closing it down  :( i could always make that trip down easy and everyone that came with me ended up super sore.... i never understood it until i tried carrying my son in the ergo down the thing. JESUS... never again until the kid can walk!
  • Marionettevie
    Posts: 2,386Member
    JustBeachy said:

    I really like bugs. Give me a rollypolly and I am happy. I like bats too.
    I grew up in (lotsa places, but 5 yrz in) Panama and the butterflies! Bigger than your face! And the bats! Ginormous! And the flying cockroaches! As big as a chihuahua! Ok maybe not but super big. Ike A baseball.



    oh fck no! i would do what undercoverbanana wants to do to the june bugs
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