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Title: Grill area visitor
Post by: michaelmilitello on September 10, 2019, 07:15:21 AM

Nearly walked right into this last night!   Spidey had spun his web from my outdoor heater to an 18 inch kettle nearby.   Not sure what type it is.   It was larger than a quarter.   Left him alone.  He was having a good bug dinner. 
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Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: JEBIV on September 10, 2019, 07:30:09 AM

Let her eat bugs !!

Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: HoosierKettle on September 10, 2019, 09:42:05 AM

Orb weaver. They appear every year this time just to torment me.


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Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: JEBIV on September 10, 2019, 10:10:20 AM

Quote from: HoosierKettle on September 10, 2019, 09:42:05 AM

Orb weaver. They appear every year this time just to torment me.


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better than people like me that appear every day to torment you LOL

Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: SteveMBH on September 10, 2019, 11:04:44 AM

Quote from: HoosierKettle on September 10, 2019, 09:42:05 AM

Orb weaver. They appear every year this time just to torment me.


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Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: Walchit on September 10, 2019, 02:34:58 PM

They really cause prolonged painful erections? Asking for a friend

Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: kettlebb on September 10, 2019, 05:08:26 PM

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190911/bbe720c81ef7508254481a00cf59d572.jpg)

Horse fly caught in a big ass web tonight.


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Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: Filibuster on September 11, 2019, 03:51:38 AM

Quote from: kettlebb on September 10, 2019, 05:08:26 PM

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Horse fly caught in a big ass web tonight.


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   Looks more like a cicada. Saw a cicada killer go to town on one years ago, big and mean and can put a hurting on you.

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Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: Walchit on September 11, 2019, 03:57:37 AM

Definitely cicada, aka locust, not to be confused with locust, aka grasshopper.

Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: jhagestad on September 11, 2019, 07:43:48 AM

Cicada for sure, but with the close up wing span and high resolution, it might as well have been an owl!

These guys are the worst fliers on earth -- like mr. magoo in a helicopter with a faulty tail rotor. I'm surprised he hit the web.

Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: Walchit on September 11, 2019, 02:05:11 PM

In surprised the web held it!

Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: kettlebb on September 11, 2019, 05:00:13 PM

Thanks for the correction, I could have swore these were big ass horse flies around my house. The web was pretty big, I should have snapped a pic of it before it caught the bug.


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Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: jhagestad on September 12, 2019, 06:31:56 AM

If your kids like catching bugs, cicadas are perfect because they have no mouths or stingers. They're huge, slow and totally harmless.

Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: Hollando on September 12, 2019, 06:42:13 AM

Quote from: jhagestad on September 12, 2019, 06:31:56 AM

If your kids like catching bugs, cicadas are perfect because they have no mouths or stingers. They're huge, slow and totally harmless.

You gotta watch for those suckers tho. Shouldn’t hurt tho.
 
You have to worry more about cicada killer wasps if anything. We have them
Here in parts of Canada as well.


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Title: Re: Grill area visitor
Post by: jhagestad on September 16, 2019, 11:01:23 AM

Quote from: Hollando on September 12, 2019, 06:42:13 AM

Quote from: jhagestad on September 12, 2019, 06:31:56 AM

If your kids like catching bugs, cicadas are perfect because they have no mouths or stingers. They're huge, slow and totally harmless.

You gotta watch for those suckers tho. Shouldn’t hurt tho.
 
You have to worry more about cicada killer wasps if anything. We have them
Here in parts of Canada as well.


-H

Whoa Canada!