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2022-06-28 Olde Tyme Religion

Invasion of the Mormon crickets: 'Biblical' swarm of two-inch-long cannibalistic bugs descend on Oregon

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-06-28 00:08|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Well, the homeless won't be hungry.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-06-28 08:58|| 2022-06-28 08:58|| Front Page Top

#2 OK I'll bite.

How do they know they were Mormon?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-06-28 10:07|| 2022-06-28 10:07|| Front Page Top

#3 At least it's not Jerusalem Crickets. They're nasty little biters

Posted by Frank G 2022-06-28 10:15|| 2022-06-28 10:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Do meat eating crickets taste more like meat? I don't see myself finding out empirically...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-06-28 10:16|| 2022-06-28 10:16|| Front Page Top

#5 How do they know they were Mormon?

"Despite its name, the Mormon cricket is actually a shieldbacked katydid, not a cricket. It takes its name from Mormon settlers in Utah, and for the prominent role they play in the miracle of the gulls."

Posted by Butch Glusoger4508 2022-06-28 10:32|| 2022-06-28 10:32|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Why I come here. I just learned something.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-06-28 10:34|| 2022-06-28 10:34|| Front Page Top

#7 happens every year, esp. here in southern Idaho.

more media hype...

Posted by 746 2022-06-28 13:28|| 2022-06-28 13:28|| Front Page Top

#8 also, consider the source, the Daily Mail, thats a laugh

Posted by 746 2022-06-28 13:29|| 2022-06-28 13:29|| Front Page Top

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