Anybody hear crickets?

ken brydson
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,748
    Indeed
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  • vmaxer
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    Yep
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  • GlennDog
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    Crickets should not be audible until fall . . .
    A sign of nature imbalance or nature restructuring . . .
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,257
    this picture makes me laugh.
    I can hear it playing out in my head
    "whyyyy I oughta..."
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  • BlueFox
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    Keiko wrote: »
    I love those guys! B)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmdnxtz3Bo

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    I loved Abbott & Costello too...
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  • F1nut
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    In my best Elmer Fudd, it's weally, weally quiet.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    Normally, I love the sound of crickets doing stridulation. But, in this case it's a dissapointment.
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    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

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  • [Deleted User]
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    Speaking of which, I saw lightning bugs last night.
    Not even summer yet. :/
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  • drumminman
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    We've had lightning bugs for a month here in NC. Love those little guys - free light show.
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  • mhardy6647
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    edited June 2015
    rednedtugent wrote: »
    Speaking of which, I saw lightning bugs last night.
    Not even summer yet. :/

    Photinus pyralis...and their amazing enzyme luciferase. Seliger & McElroy at Hopkins did pioneering work on the biochemistry of firefly bioluminescence.
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/iub.134/pdf

    The "lightning bugs" are back as of a week or so ago and increasing in number in northern New England -- based on last year, they'll peak late June/early July. This was last July (past peak); gonna be ready for their flashy little bottoms this year!

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  • cnh
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    Seriously? I haven't seen ONE lightning bug in over twenty years. I honestly thought they were dying out! They seemed much more abundant when I was young, many decades ago!
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited June 2015
    No lightning bugs here at 8,400 feet above sea level either.
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    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • ZLTFUL
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    At my old house that backed up to a large cornfield, there were some summer nights where they would just come off the leaves in wave after wave. Never really had a chance to shot pics but was an amazing sight.
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  • ken brydson
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    Way to threadjack clowns! MY thread is about crickets, not fireflies. Please stay on topic...






















    JK >:)
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  • pumpkinman
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    ATTENTION THREAD JACK:

    If you like Abbott and Costello check out
    The Time Of Their Lives parts 1 & 2

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw7xxt_abbot-costello-the-times-of-their-lives-1_shortfilms

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw7z8l_abbot-costello-the-times-of-their-lives-2_shortfilms
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  • mrbiron
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    Step 1 - catch firefly
    Step 2 - pop bottom and smoosh on fishing lure
    Step 3 - ...
    Step 4 - drink beer
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Polkie2009
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    ken brydson wrote: »
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    I honestly think you could show a picture of the 3 Stooges to anyone__ anywhere___ in the world today and they would know who they are and laugh. :D

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2015
    ken brydson wrote: »
    Way to threadjack clowns! MY thread is about crickets, not fireflies. Please stay on topic...




    Love the Stooges! But really? Do you think "ticks" make sounds? And if so what are they? lol




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    JK >:)

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  • tophatjohnny
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1tANkkwObY
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  • tonyb
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    cnh wrote: »
    Seriously? I haven't seen ONE lightning bug in over twenty years. I honestly thought they were dying out! They seemed much more abundant when I was young, many decades ago!

    Your eyesight was much better when you were younger too. :p

    20 years ? You live in the middle of the Sahara ?
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  • tophatjohnny
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    We get the lightning bugs every summer here.
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • mhardy6647
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    ken brydson wrote: »
    Way to threadjack clowns! MY thread is about crickets, not fireflies. Please stay on topic...






















    JK >:)

    You ever try takin' pictures of them dang things? In the dark?!?

    ;- )


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  • ken brydson
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    ken brydson wrote: »
    Way to threadjack clowns! MY thread is about crickets, not fireflies. Please stay on topic...






















    JK >:)

    You ever try takin' pictures of them dang things? In the dark?!?

    ;- )


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  • cnh
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    edited June 2015
    tonyb wrote: »
    cnh wrote: »
    Seriously? I haven't seen ONE lightning bug in over twenty years. I honestly thought they were dying out! They seemed much more abundant when I was young, many decades ago!

    Your eyesight was much better when you were younger too. :p

    20 years ? You live in the middle of the Sahara ?

    Hate to continue to hijack this thread but there are numerous articles that ask the question "Where have the Fireflies gone"? Seems to be some agreement that their numbers have/are dwindling. I haven't seen ONE on my lot in Maine since I bought the house 15 years ago! Nothing. Flies, spiders, mosquitoes, sure (even some bees but fewer and fewer)!

    I have a little more than a 1/3 of an acre here with a line of trees at the back of the lot. I even have a resident groundhog and squirrels galore! Birds? All kinds. I'm NOT a birder so can't differentiate many of them-guess I'm not a hip Dude? Just a Dude!



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  • tonyb
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    Well, Maine is the setting for most Steven King novels. The poor fireflys booked out of state.
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  • BlueFox
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    Polkie2009 wrote: »
    ken brydson wrote: »
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    I honestly think you could show a picture of the 3 Stooges to anyone__ anywhere___ in the world today and they would know who they are and laugh. :D

    Since I work with a large percentage of people from India or China, I have said for years that the citizenship test should include questions about the Three Stooges. :)

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  • tonyb
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    BlueFox wrote: »
    Polkie2009 wrote: »
    ken brydson wrote: »
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    I honestly think you could show a picture of the 3 Stooges to anyone__ anywhere___ in the world today and they would know who they are and laugh. :D

    Since I work with a large percentage of people from India or China, I have said for years that the citizenship test should include questions about the Three Stooges. :)

    Yes, except some might equate them to the people in Washington.

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  • mhardy6647
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    A lot of firefly habitat in what is now suburbia was literally paved (or built) over.

    The Stooges Three may have been involved. Or perhaps Iggy Pop.
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