Autumn again

“I'll second that emotion!”

“LOL...
"bugs are dying by the truckload"

My house is being invaded with ladybugs looking for a place to hibernate...a few are cute, but hundreds get a little annoying...”

“Be glad they're ladybugs, twigeater. We've got cluster flies at work.”

“Twiggy prefers man bugs.”

“I feel your pain Twigeater. Ladybugs invade my house every year too. They get into everything and they don't taste very good if you accidentally eat one that landed in your food.”

“don't some of those ladybugs bite?”

“flies are gross...

man bugs??? LOL...is that anything like girl cooties?

extra protein zac! yuk...”

““don't some of those ladybugs bite?”
Yamityville Horror
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ignore this user

Only the fun ones.
8D
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“Yes they are gross. Luckily, they're pretty much contained to a couple of offices and mine isn't one of them. We use a shop vac to vaccum them up a few times a day in an empty office. Cluster fly larva apparently feed on earthworms.

More than you'll ever want to know about cluster flies”

“LZ--
you goof!!
but seriously, my brother had a ton of ladybugs at his home in WI, and he said they were biting his kids. seemed suspicious to me, but then again, stranger things have happened.”

“I've never heard of biting ladybugs.”

“In my best Monty Python voice:

I don't think they really bite...I think it's more along the lines of a nibble, really.”

“from ski's site on flies and pests


"Ladybugs do not feed on people, although they will occasionally pinch exposed skin. Ladybug may leave a slimy smear and they have a distinct odor when crushed."”

“I think I read somewhere that there are 2 kinds of ladybugs. The kind that don't bite. (I think they are redder in color) and the kind that do (more orangey in color).

The orange kind are not native to the U.S. The ladybug problem has been quite bad the past few years in Michigan, due to the milder winters... (not as many getting killed off!)”

“The biting ones are and asian beatle and arnt really a ladybug...just looks like them. And they suck. Never met them till I moved out here. Now I am getting weary of them.”

“we used to get invaded by ladybugs in teh Carolina mtns, they imported gazillions of them to try and control some aphid that was destroying tobacco crops.

The got the wrong type.

Our government at work.”

“Hobbes is just damn cool!”

“I have a thing for that tigger.



But then again it could just be the beer talkin
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“http://community.webshots.com/album/161357814eMpjON
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http://community.webshots.com/album/195632080vHtHPA”

“aw thanks for making a thread for me

nice pics LZ”

“Farewell, summer of 2005 (aka the summer from hell!). Take an f-ing hike and don't ever darken my doorway again!

And welcome Fall 2005!!!!”

“Thank God.
I'm so ready for things to cool down.”

“Big time!”

“I am so with you on that, humanpackmule. I am sick of getting roasted. Every trip this summer has been muggy, buggy, and stinking record heat. I am choking for cool days hiking and cold nights in a warm sleeping bag.”

“unseasonably highs are expected this week in Tenn. Summer is holding on here”

“Man I hope it cools off before my October hike to Jerry Lake/Ice Age Trail and even more so for November at WK's Mammoth Caves hike. If October 7th weekend is going to be stinking heat I'll bag the trip before I do another jungle hike... it would be the 4th this summer like that.

WK: I won't wimp out on the Mammoth Cave trip regardless of the weather... rain, snow, whatever. You can hold me to that.

Jerry Lake hike: http://thebackpacker.com/trips/trip/797.php”

“It happens at 6:23 tonight.”

“In the medow we can build a snow man...”

“snow CAVE...”

“I have a good feeling about this one Pitts!”

“It hasnt felt like summer here since August! But now all the aspen are changing and its beautimus!”

“I'm cold. : (”

“Too bad I cannot throw ytou some of our heat and humidity Pixie!”

“I'll take it!
I'm sitting here at work with a fleece blanket over my lap!

At least the sun is out...”

“I'm cold too, but it's just because they aircondition this place to aggressively.”

“It's only 54 degrees out here and it's 10:30. Brrr.”

“Ah.......I have a LOT more time now & don't like hiking in summer. My seasons are just beginning.”

“Geez I gotta get to the Smokies STAT!!!”

“i like summer. what's wrong with all of you?”

“I used to love summer too. But since I moved south of the mason dixon line a while back, I MUCH prefer cooler seasons. Cheers for Fall Equinox.”

“I've been running my A/C since April and I am hoping to turn it off in a month or so.”

“I love summer :( Please dont go away :(”

“If all of summer could be like the last week
it could hang for a while.”

“I've been running my A/C since April and I am hoping to turn it off in a month or so.”
Leofric1


I hear ya.”

“We are now moving into the A/C by day, heater by night mode. We still haven't gotten our first frost, but it won't be long.”

“:( Winter sucks :(”

“But autumn is the best!

I just went for a nice three mile run outside. It's gorgeous out there. We had rain like crazy last night and everything is clean and fresh looking. The leaves are starting to really brighten. I have apple cider in the 'fridge. And it's almost cool enough to break out the sweaters. =)”

“I so love this time of the year! Got home from work yesterday and turned off the A/C and opened the window. Slept with the sound of the crickets last night. People on the train platform this morning in light weight coats...

Another couple of weeks and I think summer will finally be gone.”

“YAY, i love fall too! it's always been my very favoritest season. apple cider, right on, Sass!! and the smell of decaying leaves...yum.

i get to go to Vermont either next week or the week after...it's going to be my first time seeing the fall foliage up there!”