I just discovered a new form of entertainment.

And I was nervous to open this thread.

thou shall be punished for thy cruelty by being turned into a fly -- *waves magic wand* abracadabra--is fio volo!!

oops, giganticus volo!! erm...i better run.

The National Sperm Bank just called.
They're denying your application.
Re: To much time on your hands.

Down south we have to have them on account for the mosquito's. Anyone who lives down south ought to know what i'm talking about

Yes, I've suffered the Everglades.

inked09012 said:

Yes, I've suffered the Everglades.

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So you can relate I've seen some huge skeeters in my day, that's for sure

I like when the big flies land on it and they fry for a little bit, turn black and crispy and finally drop. Moths too. Mosquitoes usually only provide little zaps.

aspiringwriter said:

So you can relate I've seen some huge skeeters in my day, that's for sure

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You know, I've lived in Florida most of my life, and I thought I knew mosquitoes. Then I spent 2 weeks in Switzerland, and those bastards are the size of cows! I swear! And they're vicious as hammerhead sharks. My friend woke up one morning and it looked like she had smashed her face into a wall, but it was just mosquito bites.

My-Immortal said:

I like when the big flies land on it and they fry for a little bit, turn black and crispy and finally drop. Moths too. Mosquitoes usually only provide little zaps.

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Squirrels = best zap.



J/k

Do your mosquitoes carry the West Nile virus? Up here we seem to have a few dozen people get sick and a couple die every summer from it/them.

when i was a kid-we used to take a baseball bat and smash millers (moths) against the wall-they bleed green.

My-Immortal said:

Do your mosquitoes carry the West Nile virus? Up here we seem to have a few dozen people get sick and a couple die every summer from it/them.

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ours do here in Cali.
they just sprayed last week to annihilate them. i wonder what else was killed.

P.H.Delarran said:

ours do here in Cali.
they just sprayed last week to annihilate them. i wonder what else was killed.

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I remember as a kid the neighboring cities would always spray, every year around this time. Then, for a while, it wasn't the right thing to do...

...but now that people are dying because of the bugs, spraying is suddenly 'okay' again.

Better then watching football or boxing eh Spooky?

aspiringwriter said:

So you can relate I've seen some huge skeeters in my day, that's for sure

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You've met my son's father? Huh. Saves me having to stamp his face on a milk carton.

Holigan lamps work too. They plump when you cook 'em.

Nothing beats the spectacle of black widows and a tarantula hunting for crickets. I guess you, Spookywriter, has a hobby that is as crazy as mine.

Tarantula hawk! Been prying my mind for this name for a week now. And just now it pops up in my mind.

This is not new. Rural US residents (colloquially known as rednecks) have used such a device for entertainment for years, even decades. Surely the inventor of the Bug Zapper is in the Redneck Hall of Fame.

I'm not sure if any of you saw the... Youtube video? Nova special? Anyhoo, it had a segment showing slow motion what happens to the bugs when they get zapped. Their innards (and whatever pathogens ) PLUME outwards in a shockingly long funnel. Stand too close to one of those is a great way to inhale tons of aerosoled bugguts. Ew.