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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I haven't noticed too many of them running rampant this year. Though I certainly did have one jump on me yesterday.

[–] davidgro 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yup. Kids are jumpy alright. I expect to see a lot more of them this evening.

[–] MirthfulAlembic 4 points 2 weeks ago

Never saw any before this year. I don't get how they survive because they are the slowest, dumbest bugs I've ever seen. They just loudly splat onto the ground out of nowhere and flail about while I stomp them into a pulp.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Idk about other places but in Pittsburgh, they just dropped. I wonder if it was the constant freeze thaw cycles causing the decline here. . They were hatching in like November of 2023 but a lot of the adults were dying attached to trees when the temps dropped below freezing.

An actual photo of one when harvesting SLF eggs for an Ecology Lab.