Crickets taking over Austin landmark

jasoncrouch · 07-25-2007, 10:11 PM

The University of Texas tower (a major Austin area landmark) will be darkened at night over the next few days in order to combat the extreme cricket infestation:

http://keyetv.com/topstories/local_story_206221635.html

Malok · 07-26-2007, 06:17 AM

Heh, wierd stuff.

They need to bring in some frogs to thin'em out.

JimOlenbush · 07-26-2007, 09:06 AM

"Smelly piles of dead crickets are a turnoff for tourists" NASTY!!!

jasoncrouch · 07-26-2007, 09:40 AM

I remember when I used to work at a grocery store in Waxahachie (near Dallas), and one year the crickets outside the store were exactly like that - smelly, dead piles. You had no choice but to walk through them to get in and out of the store. As a sacker, you are kind of the low man on the ladder, so it was our job to sweep the piles away from the entrances. UGH!

escapeso · 08-01-2007, 03:37 AM

I dont know too much about the crickets. But the mosquitos have been bad this summer in Austin. Where are all the bats?

arenetwork · 08-01-2007, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by escapeso

I dont know too much about the crickets. But the mosquitos have been bad this summer in Austin. Where are all the bats?

The mosquitos ate them!
We've got to get a bigger bat...

jasoncrouch · 08-01-2007, 10:06 PM

What IS up with the mosquitos anyway? My wife and I and our kids have all been bitten lately. I was just thinking that we don't live near water, then I realized that with the recent rains, we ALL live near water. I haven't had to use my sprinkler system at all this year, which is amazing to me considering it's now August.