OT: Hurricanes Lounge XLIII: As Fun As Waterboarding

[Lempo]

You know that feeling when you just want to be left alone and do some slight Saturday night yardwork and some Brit guys come buzzing overhead with their AH-64E Apaches?

 

[MinJaBen]

Is it just me or have the clouds looked kinda wild lately and what's with all the wind? I was almost blown off I-40 coming home yesterday. Perfectly sunny out at the time, too.

Magical!

 

[hockeynjune]

I rode a skid steer all day today. I am whipped. I need a beer a handful of Tylenol and a recliner.

 

[Unsustainable]

I rode a skid steer all day today. I am whipped. I need a beer a handful of Tylenol and a recliner.

All this time, arve been in the presence of a certified fork lift operator and you didn't tell us?

 

[hblueridgegal]

11th overall be damned, they're all #1 picks in my heart!!

she's ready to #causechaos...loves a scrum

 

[hockeynjune]

All this time, arve been in the presence of a certified fork lift operator and you didn't tell us?

I was licensed at one time . Two things you learn on a farm, how to drive it and how to fix it.

 

[Lempo]

All this time, arve been in the presence of a certified fork lift operator and you didn't tell us?

I would've told had I known it is a big deal. Mine is not a particularly pretty card, but the lamination is the difference maker.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Man narrowly escapes a harrowing encounter with a horde of blood crazed forest cows

 

[MinJaBen]

Man narrowly escapes a harrowing encounter with a horde of blood crazed forest cows

 

[Lempo]

Man narrowly escapes a harrowing encounter with a horde of blood crazed forest cows

Yeah it's old Tapio's own herd, earmarks and all.

 

[Unsustainable]

Ordered off menu at a Mexican restaurant yesterday, had the Birria Tacos, it was delicious. But damn I am paying for it

 

[Summer Rose]

I've posted it elsewhere on the board, but I'm so happy about it that I'm posting it again here... but... I'm officially retired now!

 

[DaveG]

Ordered off menu at a Mexican restaurant yesterday, had the Birria Tacos, it was delicious. But damn I am paying for it

best thing I've ever ordered off-menu at one is cactus tacos. A hell of a lot better than you would imagine.

 

[hockeynjune]

Neighbor and I built the back wall today.

 

[Svechhammer]

It happened again. 3rd time this year

 

[Unsustainable]

Guess who will have surgery again

Hopefully this will be the last one

It happened again. 3rd time this year

Let me guess, shot himself 3 times to the back of the head?

 

[HisIceness]

Does anyone know what these are? I've never seen these guys before and with the abundance of cicadas I feel like these guys eat cicadas.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

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Does anyone know what these are? I've never seen these guys before and with the abundance of cicadas I feel like these guys eat cicadas.

More than cicadas wasps eat cicadas?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

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Does anyone know what these are? I've never seen these guys before and with the abundance of cicadas I feel like these guys eat cicadas.

Maybe this?

Florida Predatory Stink Bug (Euthyrhynchus floridanus) - Euthyrhynchus floridanus

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

bugguide.net

 

[HisIceness]

More than cicadas wasps eat cicadas?

Well I found them on that leaf in a bush, pulled the leaf out to get a better picture and out came cicada wings but no cicada.

Maybe this?

Florida Predatory Stink Bug (Euthyrhynchus floridanus) - Euthyrhynchus floridanus

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

bugguide.net

Yes! That's gotta be them. Thanks!

Ah good ole Florida, first you give us pythons, then Gators, then Florida man, and now stink bugs.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Well I found them on that leaf in a bush, pulled the leaf out to get a better picture and out came cicada wings but no cicada.



Yes! That's gotta be them. Thanks!

Ah good ole Florida, first you give us pythons, then Gators, then Florida man, and now stink bugs.

The predatory stink bug, Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus) (Figure 1), is considered a beneficial insect because most of its prey consists of plant-damaging bugs, beetles, and caterpillars. It seldom plays a major role in the natural control of insects in Florida, but its prey includes a number of economically important species.


I haven’t seen one here in atl. Interesting though. I have a yard infestation of cicada wasps every year

 

[Elsker]

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Does anyone know what these are? I've never seen these guys before and with the abundance of cicadas I feel like these guys eat cicadas.

From an image search I got the same result as Boom Boom Apathy including that they hunt in packs of a dozen or so.

Euthyrhynchus floridanus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[NotOpie]

From an image search I got the same result as Boom Boom Apathy including that they hunt in packs of a dozen or so.

Euthyrhynchus floridanus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Sounds like the cougars in the bars I frequent....

 

[Blueline Bomber]

From an image search I got the same result as Boom Boom Apathy including that they hunt in packs of a dozen or so.

Euthyrhynchus floridanus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Insects hunting in packs is an interesting concept. I'm no entomologist, but I feel like most insects are either solitary hunters or, if they are social insects, use scouts to locate food and then gather the rest of the hive.

You'd expect pack hunting from mammals more than insects.

 

[Unsustainable]

BREAKING: Ali Reza Dawari, head of the communications department in Ahmadinejad's presidency, confirms the deaths of the President of Iran and his Foreign Minister, Abdollahian, in the president's helicopter crash in the mountains of East Azerbaijan Province

Not getting political, but this can't be good.



Not a good idea to fly helicopters in dense fog.