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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

huh said:
ever see one of these?:eek: I see them all the time flying around my house!

After digging a nest chamber in the burrow, female cicada killers capture cicadas, paralyzing them with a sting. After paralyzing a cicada, the female wasp holds it upside down beneath her and takes off toward her burrow; this return flight to the burrow is difficult for the wasp because the cicada is often more than twice her weight. After putting one or more cicadas in her nest cell, the female deposits an egg on a cicada and closes the cell with dirt. Male eggs are laid on a single cicada but female eggs are given two or sometimes three cicadas; this is because the female wasp is twice as large as the male and must have more food. New nest cells are dug as necessary off of the main burrow tunnel and a single burrow may eventually have 10 or more nest cells. The egg hatches in one or two days, and the cicadas serve as food for the grub.


you're welcome:)
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I've always called those types of wasps dirt dobbers. Just their nickname down here I suppose. But I've usually seen their nest full of spiders. Not cicadas.

Great write up tho and very informative.
 
zuben el genub said:
If it wasn't for honeybees as pollinators, the food supply might be in trouble.
A lot of plants have sorted themselves out as to pollinator
Hummingbirds like long tubular flowers, beetles like stuff that stinks. Bees can actually "see" a pathway to the nectar. Moths have another requirement.
We haven't quite engineered that yet.

And yeah - the 17 year cicadas are emerging now.
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Granite1 said:
Ever see a Japenese Hornet?

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:eek:
 
alsaces daddy said:
I've always called those types of wasps dirt dobbers. Just their nickname down here I suppose. But I've usually seen their nest full of spiders. Not cicadas.

Great write up tho and very informative.
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Thanks! I copied and pasted it though....:rolleyes:

but still...:)

Oh and I think your spider hoarders are not the same species...insects that prey on specifically cicada's have their very own subset name of species...

spider zombies are just as creepy though..:eek:

if not more....
 
Dngrsone said:
Thankfully, I am not allergic to wasp stings... they hurt like the dickens, but I can tolerate being stung multiple times.

I really don't like having an injured shoulder. I have to wear a sling to remind myself not to use it in the hope that I can avoid getting surgery...
I am probably just delaying the inevitable, though-- my ligaments are the one thing that does not heal very fast.
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me too!...skiing dare mishap:/..actually pec muscle and ligaments ...it's taken over three years...but it is better. not 100 but it won't ever be,,even surgery is not always a 100 fix....
plus the risks don't always justify the means...unless you are a profesional quarterback...;)

hang in!!!!

it takes time....and more time....
 
Yes, please... change of subject :D insect are giving me the jeebers.
How about coworkers running from one meeting into the next, jabbing and promising, but never getting things done.
 
huh said:
me too!...skiing dare mishap:/..actually pec muscle and ligaments ...it's taken over three years...but it is better. not 100 but it won't ever be,,even surgery is not always a 100 fix....
plus the risks don't always justify the means...unless you are a profesional quarterback...;)

hang in!!!!

it takes time....and more time....
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Oh, I did that once. .. nearly tore my leg off at the knee in a skiing accident (not really, but it felt that way). Took the better part of a year to be able to walk without a limp.
 
Speaking of tipping servers, I took my family to a high(er) end restaurant and they automatically factored in an 18% gratuity.

Sucks for their server-- I habitually tip 20% or better (I know what it is like having to depend on tips, and the math is easier), but I am not going to go to any length tip more than what they already add to the bill.
 
Dngrsone said:
Speaking of tipping servers, I took my family to a high(er) end restaurant and they automatically factored in an 18% gratuity.

Sucks for their server-- I habitually tip 20% or better (I know what it is like having to depend on tips, and the math is easier), but I am not going to go to any length tip more than what they already add to the bill.
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Blimey, Americans tip well :)

I'd say most people in the UK tip around 10%, maybe 15%. In other places in Europe its often less: like in Spain, you generally tip a few cents, maybe a tad more somewhere uber-posh (at least, you do if you're with a Spaniard).

Of course, in the US tips are expected to make up a much larger part of servers' income. Not sure if that's cause or effect :D
 
Having worked as a bus boy, waiter, and bartender for most of my life, I'll always tip excessively. I know how much they depend on it, and how horribly many people tip.
That being said, I also know when a server is being lazy vs when they're getting slammed or just aren't very good at their job, and I will adjust accordingly. I'll never stiff someone though.
 
Can't we just appreciate one last snowfall?! We even got thunder and lightning with it! Awesome!
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There's another one coming. We have one supposedly on Tuesday next week according to the locals.

The last one - we got no snow. It all blew off somewhere. It did snow, I was watching snow devils in the street. I hope it went east - the farmers want the moisture.
 
I am getting sick of this snow, its April 12, and we had three weeks with no snow and temps in the 40s, why did we have to go back in time? This weather ruins my plans and just annoys the heck out of me. On top of that it keeps me distracted at work cause I keep checking the forecast and road conditions.
This weather needs to stop

Last night I fell asleep around 10, and at 1040 my phone starts going off, i thought it was my alarm already.. turns out it was my sister and she was stuck in the parking lot where she works. So I had to get out of bed, get dressed and go and get her unstuck.. and she barely said thank you.. Sometimes I think i am too nice to her. After getting home and back in bed, had the worst nights sleep I have had in a long time, which adds to my mood this morning with the stupid weather
 
Spring still hasn't sprung this side of the pond, either.

We didn't have a summer last year, either so it feels like winter's been like 18 months long.

I think I preferred it when Climate Change was Global Warming :D
 
I had a friend that posted saying to stop complaining about the snow in april because its nice to take a break from hearing about global warming haha made me laugh a little.
But I wouldn't mind hearing about it a little bit just to have some sun and get rid of this snow! haha
 
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