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       #Post#: 17899--------------------------------------------------
       Animals have lost the plot
       By: Nikola Date: July 12, 2019, 1:58 pm
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       So first there was the caterpillar infestation that a big part
       of Europe is still recovering from, as our dear friend Jerry
       informed us, and now all animals are just going crazy. All
       things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small have
       been trying to enter our house. There have been several birds
       who don't just fly in and get confused, no, no, they know what
       they're doing. They walk in through the open French door and
       walk around the ground floor until they decide to leave.
       Butterflies have been determined to get in and stay here. I
       chased one out the other day, it came straight back, I chased it
       back out and had to shut the door and even so, it still kept
       flying into it. Apparently a similar butterfly has let himself
       in since, bringing a girlfriend with him. They have no shame.
       And last night, there was one of those giant grasshoppers (about
       8 cm, over 3 inches) in our bathroom, causally climbing up and
       down the blind, refusing to leave through the open window or be
       caught in a bucket. I went to get dad. I woke him up and he said
       "they're completely harmless, just leave it, I'll catch it in
       the morning". And this morning I hear "ouch you little ****" as
       he rushed down the stairs with it. Of course it bit him.
       Anyone else experiencing similar problems?
       #Post#: 17903--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Animals have lost the plot
       By: Aliph Date: July 12, 2019, 3:22 pm
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       Nikola, if you have butterflies it means that nature is still
       preserved where you live.
       We don’t have many in the town where I live. We have spiders in
       the house but I don’t mind because they eat other insects. We
       have to many moskitos since our close neighbor has a big pond
       but she forgot to put some fishes in it that would eat the
       moskitos.
       Certain years we had a big invasion of flying aunts. It was
       terrible. A real plague. Our house is very old. They where
       everywhere, even in my bed. I was ready to go to sleep in a
       hotel. We called a professional bug killer or exterminator.
       I do not want to know what he put around the house in the soil
       near the walls. He was masked and armed like an alien. He came
       two consecutive years. I am immensely grateful. The flying aunts
       didn’t come back.
       What I find cute are the foxes, the small bats, many kind of
       birds that eat all my cherries and my prunes.
       The cutest animals  that come in the garden are the hedgehogs.
       But some neighbors bought robots to cut the grass, it seems that
       they kill hedgehogs. How sad.
       #Post#: 17904--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Animals have lost the plot
       By: Nikola Date: July 12, 2019, 3:34 pm
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       Sofia, I'm going to stop laughing like an idiot, take a deep
       breath... there... and tell you that flying aunts would be
       flying sisters of your mother or father :) I think you meant
       flying ants :)
       I wasn't laughing at you, by the way, just the image.
       #Post#: 17912--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Animals have lost the plot
       By: SuKi Date: July 12, 2019, 5:37 pm
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       Yes!
       A butterfly flew in to my kitchen this afternoon, and refused to
       leave.  So strange..butterflies don't come into houses.
       What's going on?
       #Post#: 17915--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Animals have lost the plot
       By: Aliph Date: July 12, 2019, 6:13 pm
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       Oh my! Maybe Nikola wanted to start a story about supernatural
       events and i messed it up with my bug objective report.
       Fortunately my spelling error brought some fun!
       #Post#: 17918--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Animals have lost the plot
       By: NealC Date: July 12, 2019, 8:12 pm
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       My aunt flew in from Chicago once.  We weren't all that happy to
       see her either.
       #Post#: 17919--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Animals have lost the plot
       By: Truman Overby Date: July 12, 2019, 8:22 pm
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       [quote author=SuKi link=topic=1224.msg17912#msg17912
       date=1562971078]
       Yes!
       A butterfly flew in to my kitchen this afternoon, and refused to
       leave.  So strange..butterflies don't come into houses.
       What's going on?
       [/quote]
       You're probably going to have an earthquake soon. I've heard
       that butterflies do this right before the Big One. It happens in
       California all of the time. Please let us know how it works out.
       And stay safe.
       #Post#: 17921--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Animals have lost the plot
       By: Chizuko hanji Date: July 12, 2019, 10:55 pm
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       When my uncle flew into my house, I was..... kidding!
       I'm not sure there are cicadas in Europe and the US. Because
       they are typically Asian insects. They are creatures that very
       patient in under the ground for seven years as babies. When they
       grew up, they come out on the earth. They make a big crazy sound
       on the trees for a month and die.
       They teach human that if you are frustrated about hiding alone
       for a long time, you will be mad, insane and die soon.
       One day, a cicada flew into my living room. I didn't do anything
       as it never attacks human apart from the lesson of frustration.
       In the evening, It was still staying on the wall quietly. I was
       patient enough to live with it.
       At night, when it was getting dark outside, it suddenly started
       to make a big noise. Too big noise! Louder than a bell ring!
       As soon as I took a broom, I smashed it! I was totally insane
       after long patience. That was what cicadas thaught me. Long
       frustration makes you crazy.
       #Post#: 17923--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Animals have lost the plot
       By: Chizuko hanji Date: July 12, 2019, 11:55 pm
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       [quote author=The Artist formerly known as Truman Overby
       link=topic=1224.msg17919#msg17919 date=1562980940]
       [quote author=SuKi link=topic=1224.msg17912#msg17912
       date=1562971078]
       Yes!
       A butterfly flew in to my kitchen this afternoon, and refused to
       leave.  So strange..butterflies don't come into houses.
       What's going on?
       [/quote]
       You're probably going to have an earthquake soon. I've heard
       that butterflies do this right before the Big One. It happens in
       California all of the time. Please let us know how it works out.
       And stay safe.
       [/quote]
       So, If this jinx was true, I would have seen more than ten
       butterflies. But I didn't have any insects except for a noisy
       cicada. Don't worry.
       #Post#: 17926--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Animals have lost the plot
       By: Sudeep Date: July 13, 2019, 2:28 am
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       I don't know where they come from but sometimes bats forget the
       way to their home and enter into my room through windows. They
       just blindly fly around the room. I don't get afraid of them as
       I know they can't turn me into a vampire but they may harm
       themselves by the rotating ceiling fan. So, I suddenly turn it
       off and finally, after a bit of hustle, I succeed in leading
       them out of the window.
       BTW, I have a house lizard as a pet:D Do anyone get afraid of
       house lizard? And is it common in your place to find a house
       lizard in houses?
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