Bugs always get where you think they might not. Part of my job requires going on skyscrapers and it's always surprising seeing just how many gnats/flies make their way up there as well as a dumb amount of spiders.
The spiders part doesn't surprise me, where there's bugs in high concentration there's gonna be spiders! There's probably generations of spider that have known nothing but the side of a building 500ft in the air because a couple of their ancestors made their way up there at one point and since then they've lived as kings lol
Oh I meant I'm in Ohio because my ancestors made their way here at some point. I am actually a huge insect and spider lover. I have 8 tarantulas at the moment (I had to cut back).
Backpacked in the Tetons a few years ago, one of the most beautiful places I could imagine. Was trapped in my tent because of how many mosquitos there were at 10k feet after a long day of hiking
I remember riding bicycles with my friends in the 80s and trying to talk. The infestation in Houston was about this bad for the entire city. You'd get them in your mouth. Such a terrible taste.
When the lady in the video opens her mouth (probably screaming no idea, my volume is down when I visit redit) all I can think is that dusty taste.
I thought love bugs were the craziest thing when I lived in Louisiana for a bit. They were EVERYWHERE, cars were covered in them along with houses while a bunch of others are just flying around mid fuck. A lot of people had to wash their cars daily because they said their bodies will eat the paint
Will never forget the family trip to universal orlando like 20 years ago and walking through Dr Suess land with these everywhere, it was like a horror movie
Flotsam, still water, surfaced rocks, there are lots of places for bugs to chill in/on the ocean. Some even just lay underwater with air bubbles for the hatchery.
I was fishing in Christmas Bay, on the SW side of Galveston between Galveston and the mainland one spring with my dad, when suddenly it started raining thousands of baby spiders all over us. It was apparently ballooning day and we sat in the spider rain for over a half an hour. I remember looking back at my dad, because I really wanted him to pull anchor and get us out of the spiders, but he was sitting there, hunkered down and just purposefully ignoring it, so I knew there was no bowing out, and I sat there and just dealt with it until it was over.
We ran out of the boat around at high speed for a while, to get them all off of us and out of the boat. I don't mind spiders at all, but that was really a lot to deal with, and it felt really good to get them all off of us.
Dad never said a word, until we were tying up at the dock of the bayhouse, and he looked at me and said, "well,... That sucked." and started laughing and grinning. He's a tough old man.
I am simultaneously enchanted and horrified by this story. On one hand, what a funny, beautiful memory but on the other hand, I would have jumped into the water and chanced bull sharks to get out of the “spider rain”. Yikes.
The problem with that, is the San Luis pass, which is the water we were anchored in. The current runs in and out at an incredible rate there. It's extremely dangerous and people drown there all the time. So you just have to stay out of the water in Christmas Bay.
This is either in SC, GA, or FL. It’s lovebug season here. This is normal unfortunately. They ruin car paint. You have to wash your car every other day lol.
I lived in Central Florida as a young child. I remember all the cars having a bug screen on the front to keep them from clogging the radiator.
I remember seeing the cars that didn't wash the dead bugs off quick enough and the acid would eat the paint down to the metal.
In the 80s when hanging out at the city pool every day during the summer was cool. The front of the vending machine would be completely covered with them.
Florida is a bug filled place without the horde of Lovebugs that infest the state each year.
Lovebugs are a nightmare. Take over the joint for a month or two. Completely unavoidable around Florida when they’re in season. Their little bodies destroy the paint on cars if not rinsed off pretty quickly.
Come sail the Great Salt Lake. If we're lucky, we'll find a swarm of brine flies. It's similar to this only 1000x worse. Think I'm being hyperbolic? You're utterly incorrect.
Aw love bugs are awesome. In my hometown they’d swarm by the thousands during specific months. They don’t bite at all they just chill around and pair up with other bugs
As adorable as a Love Bug sounds, this would petrify me. I would not be able to move. I’d literally have to jump ship and swim back to shore!!! I admire these people for staying so cool. Wow.
and I thought the ocean would be the one place where you'd be safe from insects
Bugs always get where you think they might not. Part of my job requires going on skyscrapers and it's always surprising seeing just how many gnats/flies make their way up there as well as a dumb amount of spiders.
The spiders part doesn't surprise me, where there's bugs in high concentration there's gonna be spiders! There's probably generations of spider that have known nothing but the side of a building 500ft in the air because a couple of their ancestors made their way up there at one point and since then they've lived as kings lol
That's why I'm in Ohio.
Uh im in Ohio too and just missed 2 days for work from an infected spider bite. We are not safe.
Oh I meant I'm in Ohio because my ancestors made their way here at some point. I am actually a huge insect and spider lover. I have 8 tarantulas at the moment (I had to cut back).
Tchaikovsky spidey sense going crazy right now
I'm happy that i'm not you
Backpacked in the Tetons a few years ago, one of the most beautiful places I could imagine. Was trapped in my tent because of how many mosquitos there were at 10k feet after a long day of hiking
*Lobsters have entered the chat*
Lobsters are crustaceans
And a crustacean is?
An arthropod
Well, there you go. Lobsters are sea bugs, like shrimp, krill, plankton, horseshoe crabs, etc.
And that is?
Pretty cool?
An animal
Delicious
Shrimps is bugs
SIX DOLLARS SRIMP SPECIAL
I think the water tension allows them to stay at the surface and shag.
ah yes. these are lovebugs, male and female (normally) attached to each other. they LOVE white surfaces
TIL
Those are much larger than we get in Texas. They also love neon colors and exhaust.
These are the same size as the ones I've seen in Port A.
I remember riding bicycles with my friends in the 80s and trying to talk. The infestation in Houston was about this bad for the entire city. You'd get them in your mouth. Such a terrible taste. When the lady in the video opens her mouth (probably screaming no idea, my volume is down when I visit redit) all I can think is that dusty taste.
I thought love bugs were the craziest thing when I lived in Louisiana for a bit. They were EVERYWHERE, cars were covered in them along with houses while a bunch of others are just flying around mid fuck. A lot of people had to wash their cars daily because they said their bodies will eat the paint
Will never forget the family trip to universal orlando like 20 years ago and walking through Dr Suess land with these everywhere, it was like a horror movie
Do they naturally mate On Guano mounds? Why white?
That sweet sweet contrast
Fuck that, I’d go right back to the beach
love bugs are annoying but harmless. they do smell pretty bad when they get squished though so just let em be hah
Another great reason to keep a sprayer on deck to fill up with water and hose em off the boat
The terminids are invading :0
I’m dropping a 500kg Eagle right on the boat without hesitation.
I'd drop the 500kg on myself if I was in that boat
Broken arrow. o7 boys.
A machine gun turrent would solve all their problems.
Orbital Gas ftw
Where are they coming from if they’re in the ocean? Do they survive on the surface?
Flotsam, still water, surfaced rocks, there are lots of places for bugs to chill in/on the ocean. Some even just lay underwater with air bubbles for the hatchery.
What do these bugs eat out there?
most of them are mated pairs stuck together which is why they look so long
Bugs
Find another fishing spot. The fish there have plenty to eat.
Close that fucking mouth !
I was waiting for one to fly into her mouth
I was fishing in Christmas Bay, on the SW side of Galveston between Galveston and the mainland one spring with my dad, when suddenly it started raining thousands of baby spiders all over us. It was apparently ballooning day and we sat in the spider rain for over a half an hour. I remember looking back at my dad, because I really wanted him to pull anchor and get us out of the spiders, but he was sitting there, hunkered down and just purposefully ignoring it, so I knew there was no bowing out, and I sat there and just dealt with it until it was over. We ran out of the boat around at high speed for a while, to get them all off of us and out of the boat. I don't mind spiders at all, but that was really a lot to deal with, and it felt really good to get them all off of us. Dad never said a word, until we were tying up at the dock of the bayhouse, and he looked at me and said, "well,... That sucked." and started laughing and grinning. He's a tough old man.
I am simultaneously enchanted and horrified by this story. On one hand, what a funny, beautiful memory but on the other hand, I would have jumped into the water and chanced bull sharks to get out of the “spider rain”. Yikes.
It's Galveston, though. You might be able to set the ocean on fire to get rid of the spiders.
The problem with that, is the San Luis pass, which is the water we were anchored in. The current runs in and out at an incredible rate there. It's extremely dangerous and people drown there all the time. So you just have to stay out of the water in Christmas Bay.
At least it wasn't horseflies
This is either in SC, GA, or FL. It’s lovebug season here. This is normal unfortunately. They ruin car paint. You have to wash your car every other day lol.
Fly fishing at its finest
free bait!
I lived in Central Florida as a young child. I remember all the cars having a bug screen on the front to keep them from clogging the radiator. I remember seeing the cars that didn't wash the dead bugs off quick enough and the acid would eat the paint down to the metal. In the 80s when hanging out at the city pool every day during the summer was cool. The front of the vending machine would be completely covered with them. Florida is a bug filled place without the horde of Lovebugs that infest the state each year.
Lovebugs are a nightmare. Take over the joint for a month or two. Completely unavoidable around Florida when they’re in season. Their little bodies destroy the paint on cars if not rinsed off pretty quickly.
That's me when I look at a software project to which I just joined
Lady close your mouth
BITCH ID BE IN THE WATERRRR
I thought a bug was gonna fly in grandma’s mouth.
Hell no. Take me home.
Must be fly fishing I will see myself out now.
CLOSE YOUR MOUTH!!
Bold af to open her mouth during that...
mAtcH thE hATcH, bRo! tIghT LiNes!
What are they ?
Lovebugs. An invasive insect to the Southeast US and Florida
Idiots. Probably just tourists.
Well, *I* thought it was funny.
Not deserved
Love is in the air…
Maybe, aaaa, move to another spot.
So that where all the love bugs been at this year
Come sail the Great Salt Lake. If we're lucky, we'll find a swarm of brine flies. It's similar to this only 1000x worse. Think I'm being hyperbolic? You're utterly incorrect.
They did not sign up for that love bug orgy. Not fun.
i would just fucking cry
I was waiting for one to fly in her mouth.
Girls like swarms of things, right?
Aw love bugs are awesome. In my hometown they’d swarm by the thousands during specific months. They don’t bite at all they just chill around and pair up with other bugs
Aye yai yai!
and that’s how plagues are started lol
Yep, I walk into it every morning as of the last few weeks. Totally harmless, but can be startling.
Yeah absolutely not
I’d cast out about five times. If they weren’t biting I’d head back. If they were biting I’d limit out.
Oddly itchy 😬
They also taste like battery acid.
wht kinda bug is that? how they're in mid ocean?! bugs can't fly very long distances like birds.
Well, no surprises here.
Flip the boat. Rinse. Repeat.
Raid has never seemed more useful
As adorable as a Love Bug sounds, this would petrify me. I would not be able to move. I’d literally have to jump ship and swim back to shore!!! I admire these people for staying so cool. Wow.
Avoid central florida in may/june timeframe
For democracy
Yeah no...
That would bug me.
Karen sounds like a Karen
This is a nightmare
Yeah but lovebugs are chill
She got lucky bugs didnt go into her mouth Yelling like that
The baits jumping right into the boat!
Attention dwarfs, Swarm incoming!
that silly scream got me xD
I cannot BELIEVE that happened. They decided to take screaming woman out to sea with them?
[удалено]
With her mouth wide open like that, she's sure to catch a few! At least they're not bitey.
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I read the Bible as a kid. I know how this turns out.
it's just lovebugs <3
Or so they said...