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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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Sorry it's so blurry, but the center was a white hairy looking thing, almost like a dandelion.
I also noticed for the first time this year, that my red bud tree has buds on it already.
Becky
Hey now that's a great plan:)
Becky
Wow, I've never heard that.
I hate cicadas,,,ugh,,,I had an aunt that use to catch them and tie a long string on them and hold on to it while they flew around. She'd bring them in the house:) I think she was one taco short of a family pack:)
Becky
Yeah! That's what I was talking about when I said it was full of webby-looking stuff. It's slmost like a spider web egg case inside a shell.
Maybe we could plan that for the summer of 2007.
Becky
Well, I think we can tell it's a bug, and not a snake (I wondered!)
Hmm... what if you did put the other two in a jar for awhile!
Baby watch update: Nothing:(.
She went to bed slept good, contractions have all stopped.
Becky
I am going to keep it and see what happens. I've laid it on the table with all my plant stuff for now. I'll find a jar sometime today.
Becky
LOL!!! I've done that, it's fun! But then I'm one taco short of a family pack too. I like to catch them and give them to the cat to play with. It's hysterical to watch them run around with one in their mouth that's screaming like a jackhammer and you can tell the cat's thinking, "Jeez! I wish this thing would shut up! It's giving me a headache." You can hear the noise echoing from inside their mouth.
Sounds terrific to me... and with your milder temps, it could even work as a fall/winter/early spring thing.
Yeah, you'll come back and there'll be a tiny hole in them and what-ever-it-is will be in your house. ;o)
Well, the only thing I know for sure about babies... is they don't just decide not to come :~D Soon :~D
We don't have any bugs big enough to tie a string on :~0
LOL, that's why I'm going to find a jar FAST:)
Becky
I just don't like bugs, especially the ones that are crunchy. UGH, Susie eats katydids sometimes, gag, I can't stand it. They screech and crunch like a cicada would.
Becky
That is one of the things that sounds very tempting about WA. not much in the bug department:)
And about digging me up a fern. I'd love that, but will they let me bring it home on the plane?
Becky
I think so... Especially in your checked bag. I think if we dig it up and cut off the fronds, you can just take the roots with you in a big plastic baggie.
I don't ~think~ you'll get busted for contraband :~D
Maybe I'll just dig one up and mail it to you.
The normal ones are about 2 inches long, not including the wings and the 17 year ones are about an inch and a half. They look like this...
We were right on the edge of "Brood X" in 2004, it looks like there's another 13 year brood that's coming up in 2011 too...
Brood X (17-year)
Brood XIX (13-year)
More than you ever wanted to know ain't it! ;o)
That ain't a bug, it's a bird :~D
I just wondered. I remember years and years, and years:) ago, I was on vacation with my parents and we got stopped at a state border, and they asked if we were transporting any plant life.
I really think it's something I would want to check BEFORE showing up at the airport with it:)
Talking about it has made me excited about coming so I sat down and figured my budget again:) I really think I could make it at the first of July. I just have to watch the little stuff:)
I'll post my budget on the fridge to keep me in check:)
Becky
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