Mmmm Spring...

[lauren grier]

Well I just discovered a new phobia of lil mans

There was a red and black bug (ok... feeling like a 5 yr old calling them t hat LOL.. must find pic) on the window screen and he freaked out

Poor nugget. He's afraid of random things.. like ants, and apparently red and black bugs... But not of you know, spiders


these guys.. I guess they're called box elders

[ZaCola3]

Box Elders are creepy to me too-and I'm not 5...LOL
They are fast!

[Darcy Baldwin]

Those ARE creepy! good instincts, little man! LOLOLOL

[newfiemountiewife]

Yucko! LOL

[lauren grier]

LOL growing up we use to get like swarms of these things along the fence @ my parents... They fascinated me I was a little disturbed as a child though and took pleasure in smooshing them to see their insides

[Julie Billingsley]

Originally Posted by lauren grier

LOL growing up we use to get like swarms of these things along the fence @ my parents... They fascinated me I was a little disturbed as a child though and took pleasure in smooshing them to see their insides

that explains a lot LOL

[ZaCola3]

It really does doesn't it Julie...LMBO!
Luv ya La!

Originally Posted by juliebee70

that explains a lot LOL

[my4boys]

My kids like to smooooosh them up too !!!! We have tons of them around here.....

[AmyM]

Hahahhah! My daughter smushes bugs too, I'm glad there is hope for her. You seem to have turned out just fine.

[tuneskids]

these things have always creeped me out, I don't like them! When I was around 10, where we lived, the whole back side of our house used to be covered with them by the time I got home from school - so bad you couldn't even open the back door - the only door we used at our house!! I would have panic attacks so bad that my brother would have to go in first and unlock the front door for me to get in.

[mrs_jb]

I'm with your little guy... totally creepy. All bugs freak me out, spiders, things that fly... I'm a wimp I guess! LOL

[Melissa Bennett]

EWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! I hate bugs!!! Those almost look like love bugs that we had when we lived in Mississippi!!

[lauren grier]

lmao they do swarm like mad... That's the one super creepy part about them I Think. My brother and I use to take turns commiting mass bug-icide with the hose

Apparently Ce is on window patrol duty.. and this ONE red and black bug KEEPS coming back He says he's afraid the bug will poop on the window..

[kscwgirl]

Okay, I'm with Ce here, those things are nasty looking.....

[Susan Bartolini]

EW. We have something similar. They look like lightening bugs (fireflies) but they don't light up. What's up with that? Lauren - why don't we have fireflies up here?

Susan

[Traci Reed]

it's not humid enough...I think lightning bugs are only in the southern areas

[lauren grier]

Have you ever been here traci ?? LOL it's AWFUL humid here .. we're on the coast (well.. LOL sorta) summers in the north east are teeeeeeerrible

[lauren grier]

oh and I have no idea LOL.. on the fireflies.. they might be only in the south .. I kinda hide from t he bugs in the summer LOL

[~ashleigh]

Eeewww! That is pretty creepy. I am generally okay with bugs and stuff, but yuck!

And Traci, I never knew that about lightening bugs!

[cindys732003]

Eww... I don't blame him one bit...nasty! We've got the same problem here this year....my dd suddenly has a fear of anything that crawls (except ladybugs) LOL!

[Traci Reed]

LOL La, I've never been there, but nothing I've been to compares to the Louisiana in the summer, it feels like you're swimming!

[lauren grier]

LOL I had to google...

There are more than 2000 species of firefly found in temperate and tropical environments around the world. Many species can be found in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their larvae have abundant sources of food.

Certainly fireflies are most commonly observed in greatest numbers east of the Mississippi River all the way from Florida to Maine. However, occassional reports have come form such unlikely places as Arizona, Idaho, California, Oregon and Washington state. Although I have never personally collected fireflies in any states west of the Rockies, others have reported seeing fireflies and/or their larvae in western states. There are species of fireflies which glow as larvae but do not fly, flash and blink as adults. These are often seen glowing in their immature form or larvae-like adult forms and are commonly referred to as glow worms. Yet they really are not worms, but members of the Lampyridae family. Such species as Pterotus obscuripennis have been found in the northwest and are quite beautiful.


SO I'm guessing we DO have fireflies here, they're prolly just more in like the marshes and stuff.

[Traci Reed]

LOL La

[Shawna]

We get those around here sometimes too! They are icky - we smoosh them too! My girls are afraid of spiders, if they see even a tiny one when they are out in the backyard playing they come running inside screaming for Daddy or Mommy to come kill it!

[Stephanie Ogren]

Those things are all over MIL's house. Yuck.

[Becca Bonneville]

Ick! I would have to agree! LOL! I am sooo not a bug person!

[Melissa Bennett]

I am in northern Maryland near the PA border and we have fire flies here during the summer. They are so cool to watch!! And humidity, ya that is one thing I hate about living here!! Bleck!!