Bugs Are Amazing
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I live in a 2-story house. Every morning, when we let the dogs outside, one or more flying insects find their way into the house. Today it was a mosquito hawk and a moth (I'm sure they were traveling alone when they made egress into the house). On e more fact of not is that it was full-on daylight when we opened the back door, so there were no lights on downstairs. My wife and I sit in front of the computers for a few hours after getting up, and the computer room is upstairs. Because of the nature of computer use, we turn on a single light while using the computers. The bugs - using some cosmic navigation skills - have located and began frenetic orbits around the light bulb in the lamp. How the HELL did they find it? I mean, daylight - curtains open - you certainly can't see the lamp light from downstairs. I'm mystified, and at the same time, in awe of a flying insects ability to locate and annoy any human that might be in the house.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I live in a 2-story house. Every morning, when we let the dogs outside, one or more flying insects find their way into the house. Today it was a mosquito hawk and a moth (I'm sure they were traveling alone when they made egress into the house). On e more fact of not is that it was full-on daylight when we opened the back door, so there were no lights on downstairs. My wife and I sit in front of the computers for a few hours after getting up, and the computer room is upstairs. Because of the nature of computer use, we turn on a single light while using the computers. The bugs - using some cosmic navigation skills - have located and began frenetic orbits around the light bulb in the lamp. How the HELL did they find it? I mean, daylight - curtains open - you certainly can't see the lamp light from downstairs. I'm mystified, and at the same time, in awe of a flying insects ability to locate and annoy any human that might be in the house.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001I know insects see in the UV spectrum and sometimes to navigate by that. They would keep the sun at a constant angle but to do that with a local source they have to go round in circles.
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I live in a 2-story house. Every morning, when we let the dogs outside, one or more flying insects find their way into the house. Today it was a mosquito hawk and a moth (I'm sure they were traveling alone when they made egress into the house). On e more fact of not is that it was full-on daylight when we opened the back door, so there were no lights on downstairs. My wife and I sit in front of the computers for a few hours after getting up, and the computer room is upstairs. Because of the nature of computer use, we turn on a single light while using the computers. The bugs - using some cosmic navigation skills - have located and began frenetic orbits around the light bulb in the lamp. How the HELL did they find it? I mean, daylight - curtains open - you certainly can't see the lamp light from downstairs. I'm mystified, and at the same time, in awe of a flying insects ability to locate and annoy any human that might be in the house.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Take a look at this and you will see how amazing they can be... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0891396/[^] If you have not seen it I can promise you that you will laugh with it... Apart from that, you can always think on different ways to finish that: - Light another lamp and close yours. open a window and let the insect to go out after closing the lamp. - If you want blood, then you can choose a lot of different weapons... I guess you will win... I don't know how big is a mosquito hawk, but...
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Take a look at this and you will see how amazing they can be... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0891396/[^] If you have not seen it I can promise you that you will laugh with it... Apart from that, you can always think on different ways to finish that: - Light another lamp and close yours. open a window and let the insect to go out after closing the lamp. - If you want blood, then you can choose a lot of different weapons... I guess you will win... I don't know how big is a mosquito hawk, but...
Joan Murt wrote:
let the insect to go out
No... Let all the insects IN an then you go OUT.
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I live in a 2-story house. Every morning, when we let the dogs outside, one or more flying insects find their way into the house. Today it was a mosquito hawk and a moth (I'm sure they were traveling alone when they made egress into the house). On e more fact of not is that it was full-on daylight when we opened the back door, so there were no lights on downstairs. My wife and I sit in front of the computers for a few hours after getting up, and the computer room is upstairs. Because of the nature of computer use, we turn on a single light while using the computers. The bugs - using some cosmic navigation skills - have located and began frenetic orbits around the light bulb in the lamp. How the HELL did they find it? I mean, daylight - curtains open - you certainly can't see the lamp light from downstairs. I'm mystified, and at the same time, in awe of a flying insects ability to locate and annoy any human that might be in the house.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001You should have seen while I was rebuilding the bulkhead on my Land Rover, I was working till about 11pm in the barn of which the lower half of the entrance is permanently open. We've got a high-pressure sodium lamp inside to light up the barn. Anyway, what basically happened was I gave up working because the light kept on flickering because of the sheer volume of moths etc. The brightness was reduced to about 50% of what it should have been because of the swarm. Was impressive though.
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I live in a 2-story house. Every morning, when we let the dogs outside, one or more flying insects find their way into the house. Today it was a mosquito hawk and a moth (I'm sure they were traveling alone when they made egress into the house). On e more fact of not is that it was full-on daylight when we opened the back door, so there were no lights on downstairs. My wife and I sit in front of the computers for a few hours after getting up, and the computer room is upstairs. Because of the nature of computer use, we turn on a single light while using the computers. The bugs - using some cosmic navigation skills - have located and began frenetic orbits around the light bulb in the lamp. How the HELL did they find it? I mean, daylight - curtains open - you certainly can't see the lamp light from downstairs. I'm mystified, and at the same time, in awe of a flying insects ability to locate and annoy any human that might be in the house.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Hi John, John Moore's excellent macro photographs of insects (non-profit personal site) in the Chiang Mai area of northern Thailand (where I live). Imagine a few of these appearing in your house :) ThaiBugs.com[^] best, Bill
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