This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
Apr 17th 2013, 12:10 pm
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Re: This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
Apr 17th 2013, 3:38 pm
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Re: This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
How are we doing stopping the Asian clam invasion in the northeast and upper midwest?
Regards, JEff
Regards, JEff
We can stop this..Just put a line of salt along the Florida/Georgia border.
Now giant snails are invading South Florida
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22155219
In 15 years time, Tampa Bay could be over-run by these monsters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22155219
In 15 years time, Tampa Bay could be over-run by these monsters
Apr 17th 2013, 11:40 pm
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Re: This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
While I'm waiting for the cicadas to crawl up out of the woodland at the back of my house (literally, can touch the trees from my deck), I noticed a couple of inchworms this evening. That annual invasion is obviously imminent, so I've liberally sprayed front and back with stuff this evening. I hate coming out of my front door and finding them all in my porch dangling down at head hight. Bleeeuuurrrghhh.
I'm trying organic insect repellent first to try and avoid polluting the food chain, but if that doesn't work I will be resorting to full chemical warfare. Sorry birdies.
I'm trying organic insect repellent first to try and avoid polluting the food chain, but if that doesn't work I will be resorting to full chemical warfare. Sorry birdies.
Apr 18th 2013, 1:40 am
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Re: This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
Are they edible, or could they be used to make animal feed? Anything? Anything caught/ hunted seems to be in perpetual threat of extinction if we don't have quotas, closed seasons, and monitoring/ enforcement. So if we found a use, and a market, for them surely they'd be gone in a few years?
Apr 18th 2013, 12:36 pm
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Re: This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
While I'm waiting for the cicadas to crawl up out of the woodland at the back of my house (literally, can touch the trees from my deck), I noticed a couple of inchworms this evening. That annual invasion is obviously imminent, so I've liberally sprayed front and back with stuff this evening. I hate coming out of my front door and finding them all in my porch dangling down at head hight. Bleeeuuurrrghhh.
I'm trying organic insect repellent first to try and avoid polluting the food chain, but if that doesn't work I will be resorting to full chemical warfare. Sorry birdies.
I'm trying organic insect repellent first to try and avoid polluting the food chain, but if that doesn't work I will be resorting to full chemical warfare. Sorry birdies.
Looking forward to crushing the cicadas under the wheels......
Carl.
Apr 18th 2013, 4:59 pm
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Yep - they're back, not too many yet but still had to remember to keep my mouth closed whilst biking round the James River Parks system last night.... Although the extra protein might have been good for me.
Looking forward to crushing the cicadas under the wheels......
Carl.
Looking forward to crushing the cicadas under the wheels......
Carl.
Apr 20th 2013, 12:54 pm
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Re: This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
While I'm waiting for the cicadas to crawl up out of the woodland at the back of my house (literally, can touch the trees from my deck), I noticed a couple of inchworms this evening. That annual invasion is obviously imminent, so I've liberally sprayed front and back with stuff this evening. I hate coming out of my front door and finding them all in my porch dangling down at head hight. Bleeeuuurrrghhh.
...Though the cicada noise can be earsplitting sometimes, whereas the inchworms only make a quiet pitter-patter noise when they're in the trees in great numbers. (That's the noise of all their miniature poo hitting the ground, ha!)
Apr 24th 2013, 12:18 pm
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Re: This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
No sign of any cicada swarms yet here, though I am at the southern fringe of the predicted range. What's the situation further north?
Apr 24th 2013, 12:22 pm
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Re: This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
I believe the grubs don't emerge until the top 9 inches of soil reach around 64F...so it could be a while.
Apr 24th 2013, 2:38 pm
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So today the cicada grubs could begin their emergence from the dark cold ground??? Hmmm... casts a bit of a pall over the happy prospect of the first warm sunny day in a week....
Apr 24th 2013, 2:43 pm
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Re: This is going to be fun for those living on the East Coast
Today may be the day, though--supposed to reach to the mid- or upper-60s today, & a few forecasters say we may actually see 70 degrees here in the northeast USA!
So today the cicada grubs could begin their emergence from the dark cold ground??? Hmmm... casts a bit of a pall over the happy prospect of the first warm sunny day in a week....
So today the cicada grubs could begin their emergence from the dark cold ground??? Hmmm... casts a bit of a pall over the happy prospect of the first warm sunny day in a week....
Therefore, we will have at least 8 inches of snow by Sunday.
Apr 24th 2013, 3:02 pm
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Apr 24th 2013, 3:18 pm
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Today may be the day, though--supposed to reach to the mid- or upper-60s today, & a few forecasters say we may actually see 70 degrees here in the northeast USA!
So today the cicada grubs could begin their emergence from the dark cold ground??? Hmmm... casts a bit of a pall over the happy prospect of the first warm sunny day in a week....
So today the cicada grubs could begin their emergence from the dark cold ground??? Hmmm... casts a bit of a pall over the happy prospect of the first warm sunny day in a week....
In NJ they are estimating over a billion per sq mile.
