Anyone any idea what this is?

[Nathan Explosion]

It's currently having a fight with Stevie H, and he's looking for ideas on how to whup it.

 

[Bogman]

Transformer

[Nerik]

Cricket?

[Falconhoof]

Some kind of fly maybe.

Or Anne Diamond.

[StevieC]

Cicada?

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

That's a drone.

[ifanew]

Cicada?

 

A Google search appears to confirm that it is indeed a Cicada!

[SkippyjonJones]

mothra

[Stevie H]

it was a cicada as big as my fist and when flying it made a noise like a helicopter. thing was f***ing mental.

[Stanley Leisure]

[New York Red]

Nuclear facility nearby?

[Zoob]

it was a cicada as big as my fist and when flying it made a noise like a helicopter. thing was f***ing mental.

 

Anything that lies dormant in the ground for 10+ years before coming to life is bound to be mental. Don't like them at all. Was living on the East Coast during one of their waking cycles. I"m pretty sure they're trying to wipe out humanity, so we should per-emptively strike and destroy them all.

[Nebraska Red]

Anything that lies dormant in the ground for 10+ years before coming to life is bound to be mental. Don't like them at all. Was living on the East Coast during one of their waking cycles. I"m pretty sure they're trying to wipe out humanity, so we should per-emptively strike and destroy them all.

Just get a cat, or 3. Ours love to go up the trees and eat the cicadas as they rest during the day.

This years "plague" around here is hummingbird moths

 

Luckily, the cats also enjoy eating these things as well.

Edited August 10, 2014 by Nebraska Red

[Falconhoof]

Cicadas are apparently quite tasty.

Can't quite get my head around eating insects but it's not that far from prawns or lobster.

[Stevie H]

Cicadas are apparently quite tasty.

Can't quite get my head around eating insects but it's not that far from prawns or lobster.

oh i've eaten them. and eat termites quite regularly. deep fried and with enough sugar and chili they're really tasty.

[Falconhoof]

oh i've eaten them. and eat termites quite regularly. deep fried and with enough sugar and chili they're really tasty.

 

I will probably give it a go one day.

I like that old bit of trivia that for every human on the planet, there are about 500kg of termites.

[Stevie H]

I will probably give it a go one day.

I like that old bit of trivia that for every human on the planet, there are about 500kg of termites.

it's a superfood. or possibly one step away from soylent green.

[stressederic]

[Stanley Leisure]

 

Did I or did I f*cking not post this clip already?

 

Jesus.

[DPD1973]

Did I or did I f*cking not post this clip already?

 

Jesus.

You did! But your entire post is showing as a big blank white space on my tablet, if I click on the middle of your post I get audio only, no video, no idea if that's my tablet with the issue or your post.

Edited August 10, 2014 by DPD1973

[stressederic]

Your post is just a big empty space on my phone as well, SL. I claim no responsibility for duplication.

[Stanley Leisure]

F*ck you all.

[Earl Hafler]

Fine on mine, though it is narrower than Eric's.

 

 

 

[Tobes Rafa]

Should this not be merged with the cricket thread?

[cymrococh]

oh i've eaten them. and eat termites quite regularly. deep fried and with enough sugar and chili they're really tasty.

Couldn't you say that about pretty much anything?