• Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Those things are everywhere this year, they start flying right before sunset and they are large enough to wake me up when they hit my windows.

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Ah, so the European version of the June bug. America (especially the south) is swarmed by tons of these every year:

      In certain areas, there will be thousands of them. They’re stupid flyers and just sort of bounce off of everything. It’s pretty common for your porch lights to be swarmed by a dozen of them every evening.

      My friends and I joke that they’re the reason to wear protective gear when riding motorcycles. Running into a June bug at 70 MPH feels like getting shot with a paintball, and you’ll probably run into several during your ride.

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        5 months ago

        This is how you recognize a friendly motorist, by the number of june bugs between his teeth