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[Felix the Slayer]

178 (172 is there twice) I got bit by a dragonfly once

 

[KingofPhantoms]

178

I guess I'm just used to the legs as I sort of grew up seeing them, they were the first spider I can remember seeing and I saw them far more often than other spiders.

And Mosquitoes are definitely among the worst. They've ruined a few night time outside activities for me before. They're one of the reasons why I almost totally bundle up in a bunch of warm clothing (even putting a scarf around my mouth) when I go out to look at the sky with my telescope at night, lol.

I should also mention that this whole time we've been having this discussion I've had my room door closed in case the bug flies in, lol.

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I'm pretty sure there was a miscount at some point, that's why I still made it 172.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

180

Spoiler

Couldn't resist

 

[KingofPhantoms]

180

SG jumped straight to 171 without anyone counting 170. So unless there was a miscount earlier than that, we should still be here.

I don't even know if there's a bug in my house at all. I'm just not taking any chance since I don't know for sure yet, and it might possibly be a bee....

 

[JayTheUnseen]

Ah, whatever. 181

The mosquitoes in summer here in a nutshell:

 

[KingofPhantoms]

182

Having a beard made of bugs.....just thinking about that makes me cringe.

 

[JayTheUnseen]

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It doesn't help that there's a pond across the road, and we have some very shady areas in our backyard.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

184

The mosquitoes in summer here in a nutshell:

Sadly, you can't make 'em fly away with music

Having a beard made of bugs.....just thinking about that makes me cringe.

For a second there, I read "a beard made of hugs"

 

[JayTheUnseen]

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No, you unfortunately can't.
It's funny to think that a few years back, we didn't have any rabbits hanging near our yard. Now, you can see one almost every day if you look in the morning/evening in the right places.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

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Yeah, Mosquitoes just love to be around water....the most we have of an outside water source here is a small rock-themed fountain we own, and another one shaped like a broken barrel. The mosquitoes seem to love to lay their eggs in them, so we use some special control things (forgot what they're called) to keep them away from it.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

187

There's a lake close to where I live.

Much mosquito
Very bite
Wow

 

[JayTheUnseen]

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Unfortunately, the people who own that pond don't seem to do that. Though, they use it for their cows/horses to drink out of, so they probably can't, really.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

189

Well that really stinks...

I once had to shoo away several mosquitoes while getting ready to leave a music festival late a night. While walking away to the car, among all of those mosquitoes, there was a lone Junebug. If anyone remembers what I said about them a few months back, you'd probably correctly guess that my mom freaked out, lol.

 

[Fluttershy]

Nothing like Spicy food to wake you up.. and I see the conversation turned buggy

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[JayTheUnseen]

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June bugs are honestly pretty cool. And pitiful. Poor things kill themselves
And they fall over on their backs so easily.

I've never done any nighttime events, so no mosquitoes bothered me there. I'm hardly ever outside at night-it's just how my family is.
But, there are plenty more mosquitoes than you'd like out in the light hours, for sure.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

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Bleh, I'm sorry you have to put up with that....I can't imagine having to deal with mosquitoes during day time hours, I rarely see them until the late evening.

How do June bugs kill themselves though? I've never heard anything like that before.

I think I'm gonna leave my room for a minute to get some food for myself. And to open some windows. There are nets behind the windows so no bugs can fly in, but it seems a lot of flying bugs that ever get trapped in the house like to fly towards them in hopes of escaping outside, so maybe it'll attract the fly or bee (if either of one of them are even in here at all, I'll check later to see...)

 

[JayTheUnseen]

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It's because June bugs are attracted to light like moths. They have a tendency to fly against the house repeatedly until they die.
Sometimes, you can see several lying on the sidewalk, dead. One time, back when we had 2 puppies, they attempted to eat some of the dead June bugs.

 

[Substitution]

The worst I get here is the occasional horse fly and mosquito.
Though I did deal with Black Widows back when I was a kid in AZ.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

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OH BLEH. The thought of eating bugs.....that is rather sad though if the June Bugs kill themselves THAT easily. And often...

Come to think of it, that's actually how I deal with moths and flys sometimes. Like I said, they tend to be attracted to open windows and hang around the nets behind them. Whenever I see one there I just close the window on it, trapping it inside, I usually find them dead the next morning. I assume it was from them panicking and frantically flying trying to get out.

Black Widows....we've seen those around here before, but rarely. It's mostly Brown Widows that we get.

 

[JayTheUnseen]

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I think we saw one or two black widows before. I'm not entirely sure, though.
My windows have nettings, but two of them have holes/openings in them from age ( this is an old house, ) meaning they could fly in. But we don't open the windows often. But, that means that bugs do fly in through the holes and get stuck between the net and window. The poor things are too stupid to find their way back out, and end up starving to death, or whatever.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

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You oughta see if you can get them replaced or something.

I actually have a hole in the netting in my room's own window too, but it's fairly new. I had a fly stuck in my room the other day, and instead of killing it I wanted to see if I could just get it to go through that hole, but just like you said, the bugs are too stupid to know where to go and it just crawled around the netting for ages. Eventually I opened the window and swatted it instead.

 

[Felix the Slayer]

198 my dad and little brother went out and caught some fire flys and let them loose in the house night before last, it was kinda cool seeing then fly around and lighting up every now and then.

 

[JayTheUnseen]

200
But there are other things this house needs before new window panes...

 

[Felix the Slayer]

200 fire flys

 

[KingofPhantoms]

201

Hmm, that's right, I remember a few other things you've told me about it, one of the bathrooms barely even works as a bathroom right now IIRC...

I don't think I've ever seen a fire fly in person to be honest. I really would like to someday...

 

[Substitution]

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[JayTheUnseen]

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Hmm, that's right, I remember a few other things you've told me about it, one of the bathrooms barely even works as a bathroom right now IIRC...

I don't think I've ever seen a fire fly in person to be honest. I really would like to someday...

Yeah, it's functionable, but not that well.
Honestly, some of the window themselves could use replacing, too.

We have a few fireflies around here. My dad said, as a kid, he lived where there was lot of them at one point. He discovered if you smash one between your hands, you get some of their chemicals that make them glow onto your hands, making your hands light up for a bit.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

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Yeah, it's functionable, but not that well.
Honestly, some of the window themselves could use replacing, too.

We have a few fireflies around here. My dad said, as a kid, he lived where there was lot of them at one point. He discovered if you smash one between your hands, you get some of their chemicals that make them glow onto your hands, making your hands light up for a bit.

Yeah, I remember you mentioning the windows having some damages before as well.

As cool as that effect sounds, it sounds very cruel and I don't have the heart within me to attempt that.

Welp. Time to leave my room real quick. I probably shouldn't be feeling as scared as I am since bees only sting if you try to attack them or get in their way, but the thought of having a harmful flying bug in my house....

 

[Felix the Slayer]

205 I have dozens and dozens of fire flys that fly in my yard at night, and it's true if you squash them your hand/fingers glow green for a short time. Also, have you watched anymore SU today KoP?

 

[JayTheUnseen]

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Yeah, I remember you mentioning the windows having some damages before as well.

As cool as that effect sounds, it sounds very cruel and I don't have the heart within me to attempt that.

Welp. Time to leave my room real quick. I probably shouldn't be feeling as scared as I am since bees only sting if you try to attack them or get in their way, but the thought of having a harmful flying bug in my house....

I did? Hm, I don't remember that, lol. But yeah, there's a few cracks/holes in a couple of them. One of them was seemingly made by a BB gun. Probably the previous owners messing around.

Still, I understand the fear of stingers. The other thing that come close to a phobia that I have? Balloons. I'm not terrified of them, but I can find it hard to relax if I'm too near one, because I'm nervous about it popping. Ugh. I hate loud noises like that. Which is why I also loath vacuum cleaners.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

209

Still bugging, I see

 

[Pazzo.]

210

Hello all.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

211

Because SG.

This needs to be a Forum Games meme

 

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212 bob-ombs

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

213

Why must we go uppy? Because SG

 

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214 SG-ombs

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

215

So many invisible users

 

[dimensionsword64]

216

It technically means I win, because you decided to do the same thing as me: make stuff up

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No, because it was inevitable that I would run out of quotes. If I lost because of your reason, that would mean I had lost from the beginning.

 

[Substitution]

Incredible how we can.

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