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Maggie’s Gardening, MORTAL COMBAT style.

LRI

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    I cannot wait to watch these things turn my garden (neighborhood?) into a lawless wasteland of death and partially-eaten feral children.



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    While we are on the subject of bugs...
    Years ago in N.Central Arkansas, I observed on a tall stem of green grass many tiny bright green aphids, up toward the seed head. The stem was infested with them. Then, to my amazement, along comes a black ant about a half inch long, up the stem. That ant stopped at every aphid along the way, and each aphid exuded a tiny drop of something liquid, which the ant collected/drank. If memory serves, the ant had an expandable tank in its back half. I was astonished to observe that ant was farming those aphids. Or perhaps extorting them?

    Ants & other bugs probably really rule the earth.
     
    I did that a bunch of years back. I think the instructions on mine said to leave it in the sun in a stapled over brown shopping bag. You know so the birds didn’t eat it. I think it gave how many days to leave in the bag. But let me tell you when I opened the bag a ton of them tiny bastards came out. Took a few years but they got big. Wish I had a picture of the giant one that was on my window screen late at night. Fucking thing looked like it could eat a humming bird. But here a picture of one of the smaller ones.

    got it at the bug store in St. Louis Mo
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    I did that a bunch of years back. I think the instructions on mine said to leave it in the sun in a stapled over brown shopping bag. You know so the birds didn’t eat it. I think it gave how many days to leave in the bag. But let me tell you when I opened the bag a ton of them tiny bastards came out. Took a few years but they got big. Wish I had a picture of the giant one that was on my window screen late at night. Fucking thing looked like it could eat a humming bird. But here a picture of one of the smaller ones.

    got it at the bug store in St. Louis Mo
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    They only live a few months.

    They also are not going to survive a South Dakota winter. Their eggs will if they mate though.
     
    While we are on the subject of bugs...
    Years ago in N.Central Arkansas, I observed on a tall stem of green grass many tiny bright green aphids, up toward the seed head. The stem was infested with them. Then, to my amazement, along comes a black ant about a half inch long, up the stem. That ant stopped at every aphid along the way, and each aphid exuded a tiny drop of something liquid, which the ant collected/drank. If memory serves, the ant had an expandable tank in its back half. I was astonished to observe that ant was farming those aphids. Or perhaps extorting them?

    Ants & other bugs probably really rule the earth.
     
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    I did that a bunch of years back. I think the instructions on mine said to leave it in the sun in a stapled over brown shopping bag. You know so the birds didn’t eat it. I think it gave how many days to leave in the bag. But let me tell you when I opened the bag a ton of them tiny bastards came out. Took a few years but they got big. Wish I had a picture of the giant one that was on my window screen late at night. Fucking thing looked like it could eat a humming bird. But here a picture of one of the smaller ones.

    got it at the bug store in St. Louis Mo
    View attachment 8143777
     
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    I saw one several years ago in a parking lot. I got down right in it's face to get a good picture for the kiddos. I forgot them bastards fly! Scared the shit out of me when it took off right for my face.
     
    I pictured you were saying something like this
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    a fat guy running around with a hedge clipper or synth dressed up like a ninja in your neighbors garden