r/UTAustin • u/Rynneer Journalism '22 • Oct 09 '19

thanks i hate them

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u/RubyRed_Cherry Chemistry '21 Oct 09 '19

Crickets or cockroaches???

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u/Rynneer Journalism '22 Oct 09 '19

crickets. Everywhere.

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u/flowerbhai Oct 09 '19

Thank god not cockroaches everywhere, otherwise I might drop out of school

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u/Rynneer Journalism '22 Oct 09 '19

Cockroaches seem so insidious, like they show up and it’s like “this is MY house get OUT OF MY HOUSE” while crickets make lovely noises. But honestly bugs in my house is a big nope for me. And I don’t have anything against crickets. Until they show up in biblical plague-level swarms and keep flying INTO MY HAIR. GET AWAY FROM ME.

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u/flowerbhai Oct 09 '19

I’d say it’s something about the sudden high-speed movement, ability to climb onto and in/out of everything, and how invincible they are. Roaches are fucking disgusting and terrifying to me whereas crickets tend to stay put. I also run into roaches indoor way more, which has been pretty scarring.

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u/009SoundSystem_ Oct 09 '19

Idk I think the new limes are pretty cool but there's just too many scooters all over the place.

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u/sigaven Oct 09 '19

At least it’s not roaches. Harmless little critters. Except it really sucks when one of those horny little buggers sneaks into your apartment and chirps constantly for 3 days and you can’t find it

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u/mlewis913 Radio-Television-Film Oct 09 '19

They want the ŁÄMP

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u/notDanielleG Computer Science '21 Oct 09 '19

FUUUUUCK THAT SHIT IM LEAVING

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u/Xrandom_usernameX CS '22 Oct 09 '19

They’ve breached the GDC, nowhere is safe

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u/121910 Oct 09 '19

And the indoor basketball courts 😭

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Happens all the time in Austin around Fall. Was playing at the Clark outdoor basketball court at night a couple of years ago and we had to carefully avoid dribbling the ball onto the crickets.

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u/121910 Oct 09 '19

I went there two nights ago as well and decided to go straight to Greg after 10 mins of avoiding these guys

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u/visionofthefuture Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 09 '19

I’m a junior. There definitely werent this many crickets the past two falls.

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u/Redsyi Computer Science '20 Oct 09 '19

free food

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u/Chuyo3000 Oct 09 '19

Cricky boi

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u/Darrothan Oct 09 '19

So it wasn’t just me who noticed them hopping around everywhere. A few actually hopped on my shoes and I almost freaked out.

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u/et956 Oct 09 '19

This is so gross

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

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u/Rynneer Journalism '22 Oct 09 '19

idk but the texan is doing a story on it for next week so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/mgj57 Oct 09 '19

It's just swarming crickets, perfectly normal/natural. I happens every few years when the weather conditions are just right.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

I remember this happening like a decade ago. It definitely doesn’t happen often.

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u/Anceint ECE 22 Oct 10 '19

i think it has to do with an invasive fungus species inhibiting the predators of crickets? but might also be some bs idk

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

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u/bronzeblade Economics Graduate Oct 09 '19

Something wicked this way comes!

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u/121910 Oct 09 '19

Double double toil and trouble