As mentioned before we overcame our aversion and photographed the odd bug. It does make a bee-like hum and, according to one of MDW's brainy friends, is attracted to fresh paint. Our condo is awash in fresh paint, hence the attraction. After careful, meticulous study we dropped a dictionary on it.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Scientific Method
As mentioned before we overcame our aversion and photographed the odd bug. It does make a bee-like hum and, according to one of MDW's brainy friends, is attracted to fresh paint. Our condo is awash in fresh paint, hence the attraction. After careful, meticulous study we dropped a dictionary on it.
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You silly goose! It's just a beetle. How ya gonna write a bug story if you keep going EEEEEWWW!!! at them?!?
I can write easily about bugs when they aren't crawling all over my keyboard.
What kind of beetle?
Ah. "We" overcame our aversion and took the pic, huh?
Hm.
Here's more on the banded borer:
http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/plantclinic/resources/pdf/pls55bandedalder.pdf
The populations seem to have peaked; they're still around, but it isn't like a couple of days ago, when one stepped onto the porch and there'd be eight of 'em--two of which would be, apparently, in the middle of a shoot for Penthouse Entomologist.
--YFW
My apologies.
I was so surprised to see you off the couch that I inadvertently used the plural.
I do admit that i nap a lot more these days than I used to. It's not entirely clear to me where I might have picked up a habit like that . . .
--YFW
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