The one I saw is no cicida killer!
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Let us know when the Sharknado sightings run rampant too.
Now someone reel me in if they think I'm being awfully harsh here but I really consider the following comment awfully racially insensitive beyond just being a total dumbass sort of remark.
That small asian community along John R work hard for their keep. I shop there from time to time and have never found anything out of sorts. They operate their shops without any cause for concern to me [[granted I have no idea what some of that stuff is but the Asian community there seems to dig it). To somehow drag those specific people into this ridiculousness is way off base. Why not resurrect rumors of how Chinese restaurants use cats or dogs in dishes while we're at it?
So unless someone can actually convince me that somehow Danny is suddenly a trained entomologist, can verify that his data is correct, can source his imaginary monster bugs came from those shop keeps on John R- I think this is utter bullsh1t.
And if there's some measure of humor that I missed, someone please educate me.
There are also rumors that midget Siberian tigers with black fur are roaming around Woodward Ave in Detroit, scratching at cars and growling at passing pedestrians and bicyclists. The tigers use abandoned burnt-out homes and freeway underpasses as shelter. :p
I took a picture at one of the midget tigers @ Woodward and Warren:
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You see, when I was a kid, my parents taught me to identify the creatures around me before running around screaming that the world is going to end. My friend who has been battling the cicada killers posted a picture of one of the casualties of their war against them and yep, that matches everything I have seen for cicada killers.
Mind you, saying that gigantic killer Asian Hornets that eat Human Flesh is a lot more fun, but way less accurate.
Since I'm very familiar with the large-bodied, black with yellow markings, wasp-shaped Cicada Killers, I can say that what I saw, definitely wasn't one. It was much larger than a Cicada Killer, it wasn't wasp shaped, [[my apologies, I did post "wasp" in my reply to Danny). It was hornet shaped, mostly yellow, with black markings. It closer resembled a huge yellow-jacket, more then anything else. Now, maybe it wasn't an Asian Hornet, but it sure wasn't a Cicada Killer either, unless there's a species of Cicada Killer that I haven't seen before. Feel free to post photos of your friends Cicada Killers. As far as "flesh-eating hornets", and the "world ending", your folks also did a bang-up job teaching you to blow people's posts out of proportion.
I think you're taking that the wrong way. I don't think Danny's implication was that Asian grocers intentionally imported and released Asian Hornets, if, indeed, that's what they are. HOWEVER, years ago, I worked for an importer where the goods came from Asian countries. You never saw such a variety of strange insects in a building. Most of the insects were cockroachs, but they were a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. I remember one time the guys opened a cardboard box, and several ran out @ lightning speed. Good luck trying to find them in a large, packed warehouse. Last Saturday we were within feet of the hornet I saw, and it didn't attack us. It was very unnerving though. I keep thinking about that hole in the ground it kept coming back and hovering over. If it is their nest, I'll try to get some photos. [[put THAT in your pipe and smoke it Django!) If I don't post for a while, call 911.
Send a photo to MSU Diagnostic Services entomologist Howard Russell and he'll ID it for you bugman@msu.edu Problem solved.
I'm not saying that Danny's far fetched accusation was based upon intent to releasing any sort of bugs here. It's the fact that he accused very specific grocers of bringing them into the country. If he could somehow even make the link to those specific grocers I'd cut him the slack. If Danny said he THINKS they might have come across the ocean and inadvertently released into the area I'd be okay with it. Why point the finger to that specific set of Asian grocers there? Whose to say it wasn't from some other Asian grocer or some other ethnicity's grocers? Danny's not implying anything; he's stating it as fact with addresses practically!
Unless he has proof of those people deliberately or inadvertently bringing this sort of contaminant into the states, I call bullsh1t on it.
I'm not so naive to think that critters don't hitch rides over to the States in all manner of shipping containers or vessels either- but how many of them can actually survive, much less thrive here remains to be seen. I'm sure for every zebra mussel that takes a foothold here in Michigan, some exotic cockroach group has also become dust.
Saturday, when I saw it hovering above the hole, there was yellow sand around it, sort of like a flattened ant hill. If it is a Cicada Killer, it's a species I haven't seen before. Like I said, it resembled a giant yellow jacket, and not the big black bodied Cicada Killer. I used to catch Cicada Killers as a kid. [[and let them go) Somewhere, on film, I have photos of one attacking and killing a moth that was on my tent, while camping. Now you might be on to something. Maybe it was looking for prey, because it did return to the opening several times while we were standing there talking.
Cidada Killer hole
http://www.walterreeves.com/wordpres...iller-hole.jpg
Giant Asian Killer Queens [[Maybe these are what Queen meant)
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...8wkyaf5jpg.jpg
Cicada Killer
http://genefinneran.typepad.com/.a/6...a0f1080970d-pi
A number of invasive insect arrivals have been attributed to the bugs stowing away in packing crates. The recent ones which have become big problems that come immediately to mind are the Asian Longhorned Beetle, and the Emerald Ash Borer, the latter of which has done a lot of damage in Michigan. Given the tiny fraction of packing crates from Asia that are destined for Asian shopkeepers, I don't really see how they have anything to do with it, but the phenomenon is an actual problem.
Thanx JC, The Cicada Killer I know. The hole looks about right, sans mound. Since it's in the expansion joint of a sidewalk, it could be someone stepped on the build-up or kids poked around in it. I'll keep an eye on it after the rains subside. As far as the Queen song, do these guys carry dynamite or laser beams?