Thread: geckos

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:33:27 -0500, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

> Warm night in Cow Hill. The geckos, backlit on the front porch screen,
> look like mutant quadruped anchovies.

We didn't have any geckoes this year. Not enough water or
something. Barely any toads, either. Nothing like last year -
there was a glut of both and it was a happy food chain.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:33:27 -0500, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
>> Warm night in Cow Hill. The geckos, backlit on the front porch screen,
>> look like mutant quadruped anchovies.
>
> We didn't have any geckoes this year. Not enough water or
> something. Barely any toads, either. Nothing like last year -
> there was a glut of both and it was a happy food chain.
>
> -sw
Geckoes fed to my pet green frogs
Toads get to play hockey

"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Warm night in Cow Hill. The geckos, backlit on the front porch screen,
> look like mutant quadruped anchovies.



A delicacy in Malaysia is 'Gecko Pies'.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?

atec 7 7 <"atec 77"@hotmail.com> wrote in news:h87529$ca6$2@news.eternal-
september.org:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:33:27 -0500, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>
>>> Warm night in Cow Hill. The geckos, backlit on the front porch screen,
>>> look like mutant quadruped anchovies.
>>
>> We didn't have any geckoes this year. Not enough water or
>> something. Barely any toads, either. Nothing like last year -
>> there was a glut of both and it was a happy food chain.
>>
>> -sw
> Geckoes fed to my pet green frogs
> Toads get to play hockey
>



I love the 'POP' they make when you drive over them!!



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:33:27 -0500, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
> > Warm night in Cow Hill. The geckos, backlit on the front porch screen,
> > look like mutant quadruped anchovies.
>
> We didn't have any geckoes this year. Not enough water or
> something. Barely any toads, either. Nothing like last year -
> there was a glut of both and it was a happy food chain.
>
> -sw

I've noticed the cicadas' "symphony" in landlocked Illinois seems to
have definitely increased its decibal levels this summer season <G>.

Sky, who'd rather have geckos than spiders!

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On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:55 -0500, Sky wrote:

> I've noticed the cicadas' "symphony" in landlocked Illinois seems to
> have definitely increased its decibal levels this summer season <G>.
>
> Sky, who'd rather have geckos than spiders!

We have "Giant Cicadas" that have just started re-appearing in
Central Texas after an 80 year hiatus.

You have *not* heard a cicada until you've heard these things. Each
year we keep getting more and more of them. Still, the majority of
the population hasn't had the pleasure of actually hearing them
often enough to wonder WTF it was.

I first heard them this year and started asking around what that
awful sound was. It was heard convincing me that this sound came
from anything smaller than a teradactyl.

<http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/external_news/2006/07/giantcicada072306.html>

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:55 -0500, Sky wrote:
>
> > I've noticed the cicadas' "symphony" in landlocked Illinois seems to
> > have definitely increased its decibal levels this summer season <G>.
> >
> > Sky, who'd rather have geckos than spiders!
>
> We have "Giant Cicadas" that have just started re-appearing in
> Central Texas after an 80 year hiatus.
>
> You have *not* heard a cicada until you've heard these things. Each
> year we keep getting more and more of them. Still, the majority of
> the population hasn't had the pleasure of actually hearing them
> often enough to wonder WTF it was.
>
> I first heard them this year and started asking around what that
> awful sound was. It was heard convincing me that this sound came
> from anything smaller than a teradactyl.
>
> <http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/external_news/2006/07/giantcicada072306.html>
>
> -sw

The cicadas I hear are so loud I sometimes want to close my windows!!!
And this summer has been quite peculiar -- so cool there've been more
days without air-conditioning than with! I dunno which 'variety' of
cicadas are around here, but thier molted shells (OK, exoskeletons on
tree trunks) are definitely more than 1" long and then some!

Sky

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Sky wrote:
>
> Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:55 -0500, Sky wrote:
> >
> > > I've noticed the cicadas' "symphony" in landlocked Illinois seems to
> > > have definitely increased its decibal levels this summer season <G>.
> > >
> > > Sky, who'd rather have geckos than spiders!
> >
> > We have "Giant Cicadas" that have just started re-appearing in
> > Central Texas after an 80 year hiatus.
> >
> > You have *not* heard a cicada until you've heard these things. Each
> > year we keep getting more and more of them. Still, the majority of
> > the population hasn't had the pleasure of actually hearing them
> > often enough to wonder WTF it was.
> >
> > I first heard them this year and started asking around what that
> > awful sound was. It was heard convincing me that this sound came
> > from anything smaller than a teradactyl.
> >
> > <http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/external_news/2006/07/giantcicada072306.html>
> >
> > -sw
>
> The cicadas I hear are so loud I sometimes want to close my windows!!!
> And this summer has been quite peculiar -- so cool there've been more
> days without air-conditioning than with! I dunno which 'variety' of
> cicadas are around here, but thier molted shells (OK, exoskeletons on
> tree trunks) are definitely more than 1" long and then some!
>
> Sky


WOW - those cicada critters in your neck of the woods definitely sound a
lot different than the "regg'ler" ones around about "chere" ;D I just
listened to a ".wav" file on one of the links from the Texas State
website listed above for those cicadas you described in Texas.
Definitely not the same creatures I hear!

Sky, who appreciates the Symphonic and Cacophonic Sounds of Summer!

--
Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:55 -0500, Sky wrote:
>
> > I've noticed the cicadas' "symphony" in landlocked Illinois seems to
> > have definitely increased its decibal levels this summer season <G>.
> >
> > Sky, who'd rather have geckos than spiders!
>
> We have "Giant Cicadas" that have just started re-appearing in
> Central Texas after an 80 year hiatus.
>
> You have *not* heard a cicada until you've heard these things. Each
> year we keep getting more and more of them. Still, the majority of
> the population hasn't had the pleasure of actually hearing them
> often enough to wonder WTF it was.
>
> I first heard them this year and started asking around what that
> awful sound was. It was heard convincing me that this sound came
> from anything smaller than a teradactyl.
>
> <http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/external_news/2006/07/giantcicada072306.html>
>
> -sw

Their range map is *way* off. I've had thousands of those things up here
around 60 miles north of Dallas this year and they're damned annoying,
particularly since they can't fly worth a damn and pack quite a whallop
when they crash into you while you are trying to mow the lawn. Having
them crashing into the side of my new truck is irritating as well. The
only good thing is they seem to have a very short life span.

Sky wrote:
>
> Sky wrote:
> >
> > Sqwertz wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:55 -0500, Sky wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've noticed the cicadas' "symphony" in landlocked Illinois seems to
> > > > have definitely increased its decibal levels this summer season <G>.
> > > >
> > > > Sky, who'd rather have geckos than spiders!
> > >
> > > We have "Giant Cicadas" that have just started re-appearing in
> > > Central Texas after an 80 year hiatus.
> > >
> > > You have *not* heard a cicada until you've heard these things. Each
> > > year we keep getting more and more of them. Still, the majority of
> > > the population hasn't had the pleasure of actually hearing them
> > > often enough to wonder WTF it was.
> > >
> > > I first heard them this year and started asking around what that
> > > awful sound was. It was heard convincing me that this sound came
> > > from anything smaller than a teradactyl.
> > >
> > > <http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/external_news/2006/07/giantcicada072306.html>
> > >
> > > -sw
> >
> > The cicadas I hear are so loud I sometimes want to close my windows!!!
> > And this summer has been quite peculiar -- so cool there've been more
> > days without air-conditioning than with! I dunno which 'variety' of
> > cicadas are around here, but thier molted shells (OK, exoskeletons on
> > tree trunks) are definitely more than 1" long and then some!
> >
> > Sky
>
> WOW - those cicada critters in your neck of the woods definitely sound a
> lot different than the "regg'ler" ones around about "chere" ;D I just
> listened to a ".wav" file on one of the links from the Texas State
> website listed above for those cicadas you described in Texas.
> Definitely not the same creatures I hear!
>
> Sky, who appreciates the Symphonic and Cacophonic Sounds of Summer!
>
> --
> Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
> Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!!

Dunno, the WAV sounds pretty much like what we had up here, but since
they seem to have died off, I can't directly compare. Certainly the
overall size and appearance matches as the dead were on my driveway
daily as well as in my gutters when I was cleaning them out and they
were better than 2" overall length.

Sky wrote:

> The cicadas I hear are so loud I sometimes want to close my windows!!!

Same as here, very very noisy.

> And this summer has been quite peculiar -- so cool there've been more
> days without air-conditioning than with!

Here it's been the 2nd hottest summer in 180 years, the hottest being 2003.
But 2003 was very hot even before the start, in May, while this year the hot
days have been late, from july to august. Anyway, this cool september is
really welcome.
--
Vilco
Mai guardare Trailer park Boys senza
qualcosa da bere a portata di mano

"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> Warm night in Cow Hill. The geckos, backlit on the front porch screen,
> look like mutant quadruped anchovies.
> --
>
> modom



Don't really have geckos down here in SC but we do have anoles. They've
been conspicuously absent this summer but are starting to come back. My cat
was leaping at the back door when she spotted one on the screen this
afternoon.

They are smaller lizards, and the males (when they're doing that mating
thing, heheh) look like this:

http://www.hscbemidji.org/images/green%20anole.jpg

Jill

Jackson, the cat, dragged a cicada into the house and he was "hiding"
under the dining room table. We couldn't get that thing out of the house
fast enough. He was holding it in his mouth and it looked as big as
Jackson's head. It was so incredibly loud. OMG, it was just terrible.


Becca

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 22:14:50 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:55 -0500, Sky wrote:
>
>> I've noticed the cicadas' "symphony" in landlocked Illinois seems to
>> have definitely increased its decibal levels this summer season <G>.
>>
>> Sky, who'd rather have geckos than spiders!
>
> We have "Giant Cicadas" that have just started re-appearing in
> Central Texas after an 80 year hiatus.
>
> You have *not* heard a cicada until you've heard these things. Each
> year we keep getting more and more of them. Still, the majority of
> the population hasn't had the pleasure of actually hearing them
> often enough to wonder WTF it was.
>
> I first heard them this year and started asking around what that
> awful sound was. It was heard convincing me that this sound came
> from anything smaller than a teradactyl.
>
> <http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/external_news/2006/07/giantcicada072306.html>
>
> -sw

that's a petty impressive sound:

<http://www.texasento.net/Cicada.htm#Sound>

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 22:14:50 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:55 -0500, Sky wrote:
> >
> >> I've noticed the cicadas' "symphony" in landlocked Illinois seems to
> >> have definitely increased its decibal levels this summer season <G>.
> >>
> >> Sky, who'd rather have geckos than spiders!
> >
> > We have "Giant Cicadas" that have just started re-appearing in
> > Central Texas after an 80 year hiatus.
> >
> > You have *not* heard a cicada until you've heard these things. Each
> > year we keep getting more and more of them. Still, the majority of
> > the population hasn't had the pleasure of actually hearing them
> > often enough to wonder WTF it was.
> >
> > I first heard them this year and started asking around what that
> > awful sound was. It was heard convincing me that this sound came
> > from anything smaller than a teradactyl.
> >
> > <http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/external_news/2006/07/giantcicada072306.html>
> >
> > -sw
>
> that's a petty impressive sound:
>
> <http://www.texasento.net/Cicada.htm#Sound>
>
> your pal,
> blake

The amount of energy required to produce that sound probably explains
their really short life span.

"blake murphy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:wzqiqpetihwv$.1tf5n2grp5jr0$.[email protected]. .
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 22:14:50 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:55 -0500, Sky wrote:
>>
>>> I've noticed the cicadas' "symphony" in landlocked Illinois seems to
>>> have definitely increased its decibal levels this summer season <G>.
>>>
>>> Sky, who'd rather have geckos than spiders!
>>
>> We have "Giant Cicadas" that have just started re-appearing in
>> Central Texas after an 80 year hiatus.
>>
>> You have *not* heard a cicada until you've heard these things. Each
>> year we keep getting more and more of them. Still, the majority of
>> the population hasn't had the pleasure of actually hearing them
>> often enough to wonder WTF it was.
>>
>> I first heard them this year and started asking around what that
>> awful sound was. It was heard convincing me that this sound came
>> from anything smaller than a teradactyl.
>>
>> <http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/external_news/2006/07/giantcicada072306.html>
>>
>> -sw
>
> that's a petty impressive sound:
>
> <http://www.texasento.net/Cicada.htm#Sound>
>
> your pal,
> blake

impressive? that would drive me bat ****.

"modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>
> Warm night in Cow Hill. The geckos, backlit on the front porch screen,
> look like mutant quadruped anchovies.
> --
>
> modom

LOL! Rarely see our geckos/blue tailed lizards. But step outside and
there is a lot of scurrying into the underbrush.

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:33:02 -0500, Pete C. wrote:

> Their range map is *way* off. I've had thousands of those things up here
> around 60 miles north of Dallas this year and they're damned annoying,
> particularly since they can't fly worth a damn and pack quite a whallop
> when they crash into you while you are trying to mow the lawn. Having
> them crashing into the side of my new truck is irritating as well. The
> only good thing is they seem to have a very short life span.

The bug huggers and professional entomologists are monitoring the
spread of these things pretty closely. I'd be surprised if they
(the bugs) occupied your area without their knowing. A single bug
can be heard 3 miles away on a quest night.

I had one go off within 100 yards of me and it was pretty damn
freaky. I thought some big-ass bird was going to come down and
scoop me off the ground and take me to it's nest high in the misty
cliffs 400 miles away and feed me to its hatchlings (amazing what
your mind can think up in a split-second of fear, eh?).

Also note that these guys move after every 6-9 second report. But
that may be only in the less densely populated areas.

-sw

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:21:30 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> Also note that these guys move after every 6-9 second report. But
> that may be only in the less densely populated areas.

The usual pattern is 3 cries, each about 7 seconds long, and then it
moves on. If you're not within 500 yards, all you hear is the
screeching "WHEEEEEE!" sound, not the clicking.

-sw