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Old 04-01-2013, 07:22 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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I hate, hate, hate these things. They show up earlier and earlier, because of climate change. The first of April - a June bug? That is months of June bugs. I may have to screen in my entire back yard. Heat and humidity - I have learned to adapt - but not months of June Bugs.
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Old 04-01-2013, 08:17 PM
 
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Are you talking about the mosquito? Both of my kids got several bites last weekend. I can tolerate heat and humidity but I hated the mosquito so much. We didn't even play in our backyard last week. We were just in an out.
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Old 04-01-2013, 08:45 PM
 
Location: League City
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They look like big, bronze colored, clumsy beetles that walk like they have been drinking a lot of booze. They don't bite, but they tend to fly into your house when you open the door at night. They can get really annoying. Too bad they don't observe their moniker since it is only April.

I once had ducks when I was a kid. There was no tastier duck food than june bugs.
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Old 04-01-2013, 08:47 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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If you accidently step on one, the interior looks like bean curd. Excuse me while I go have the heevie-jeevies. Yes, on the booze reference. They will drunkenly fly into your face, grasp on and wait to spew bean curd, while you panic. It only takes one to make me go indoors. I will deal better with wasps, etc.
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Old 04-01-2013, 09:09 PM
 
Location: Sugar Land
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I am ready. My 50 should do the job nicely

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Old 04-01-2013, 09:27 PM
 
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June Bugs are so stupid and slow, all you have to do is bat them away. They're decidedly less bothersome than the mosquito hawks that hover around your walls and doors in the spring and fall, but at least they eat mosquitos. The worst are the huge flying cockroaches that have flown into my house a couple of times. It's really disturbing to have one of them suddenly land on your couch a few feet away. Eew!
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Old 04-01-2013, 09:35 PM
 
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Come to my job near Pearland; we have had them since March and there are daily large piles of junebug carcasses near some windows and such that have to be cleaned daily.
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Old 04-01-2013, 09:44 PM
 
Location: Waterworld
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I don't mind June Bugs, they are actually pretty funny because they are so retarded, I just hate stepping on them barefoot.

I will second despising the large flying tree bugs though, I used to actually have nightmares about them when I was younger.
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Old 04-01-2013, 10:40 PM
 
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They showed up here last week. I HATE, hate, hate those buggers! They give me the heebie-jeebies. They've crashing into our front windows as I have the outdoor lights on and they are driving me nuts just listening to them. I about screamed bloody murder the other night when I was walking into our garage and got smacked in the face & chest by a couple while stepping on a few. My skin crawls just writing about them!

Not too keen either on those huge daddy-long-leg mosquitoes that invade corners of our house and then proceed to die. At least they don't bite.

Luckily, have not seen a flying cockroach since we left The Woodlands (wasn't to crazy about those either!). Those did cause me to scream down the house and scare the cr*p out of my then-babies.

Great topic, CJ!
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Old 04-01-2013, 11:17 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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June Bugs are edible...and so are flying cockroaches
here what you can do with them: June Bugs | Sketchy Sandwich
No, I am not kidding, its April 2nd now.
The Daily Plant : NYC Parks
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