  Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 2 Registered: 06-2007 |
Ok, this might be a stupid topic, but has anyone else noticed tons of huge moths around downtown? I live in Brush park, and they were EVERYWHERE this weekend..covering my car, my garage, and my condo. I thought it was just my building, until I read the detnews.com story about the tiger-mets game. It said that all of the seagulls on the field were eating moths in the park! | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1011 Registered: 07-2004 |
Mayflies? | ||
Hybridy Member Username: Hybridy Post Number: 98 Registered: 08-2006 |
isn't this the year of the cicadas coming out from their 17-year hibernation ??? | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 1114 Registered: 12-2006 |
So THAT'S why there was an infestation of seagulls at Saturday's game. I was having a hard time watching the game because of all of the seagulls walking around the field. It was pretty funny. | ||
Lukabottle Member Username: Lukabottle Post Number: 70 Registered: 12-2004 |
My cats keep catching them and bringing them in the house. I thought it was a Cass Park thing. | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1015 Registered: 07-2004 |
Haha. I just saw a cicada outside my office window. I remember the last big hatch I saw, back in the mid-'70s. We neighborhood kids gathered their shells by the bucketful. | ||
Detroite Member Username: Detroite Post Number: 21 Registered: 12-2006 |
i live near the new center and a swarm flew into my living room last night.. ick | ||
Vas Member Username: Vas Post Number: 728 Registered: 01-2004 |
I killed about 30 months in my Midtown apartment yesterday. So yes, I agree | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1017 Registered: 07-2004 |
So what are they? Moths? Cicadas? Any entymologists? | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2007 |
definitely moths. it was like a horror movie. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 9383 Registered: 10-2003 |
If they're white I blame gentrification. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 2299 Registered: 06-2004 |
got moths in Ann Arbor, too - glad to know it's not just me | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 1801 Registered: 11-2005 |
Did they look like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G ypsy_moth | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 4 Registered: 06-2007 |
I think they were Gypsy Moths...that's bad, right? | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1018 Registered: 07-2004 |
They're all pouring out of the old Acme Flannel Sheet Company warehouse. Helicopters are pouring mothballs into the caved-in roof right now. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 2273 Registered: 12-2005 |
Cicadas make a distinctive, loud "razzing" noise. It's kind of hard to mistake the two. | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1019 Registered: 07-2004 |
I believe the preferred term is "Romani Moth." ;) | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 5 Registered: 06-2007 |
one of them pick-pocketed my wallet. | ||
Iddude313 Member Username: Iddude313 Post Number: 81 Registered: 07-2005 |
lots o moths in midtown. the cat loves it! | ||
Fredgarvin Member Username: Fredgarvin Post Number: 51 Registered: 02-2007 |
Maybe it's an omen that Mothra is coming.........just like in the old Channel 7 Afternoon monster movies. | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 611 Registered: 01-2007 |
Its the spawn of Mothra, mnhahaha... | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 1116 Registered: 12-2006 |
Speaking of infestations (minor threadjack here), there now appears to be a way of getting rid of the emerald ash borer. It appears to be similar in regards of how to rid an area of an infestation of gypsy moths. http://www.wxyz.com/news/story .aspx?content_id=5543a896-e29f -4cf6-aecb-155af8f9b40f | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 645 Registered: 01-2006 |
At the moment I'm back at my parents' place in Lansing and the moths are overtaking their backyard. My dog is going to go crazy trying to chase all these things. | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 1118 Registered: 12-2006 |
It's weird. I don't think I've seen that many around Grosse Pointe. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough... | ||
Birdwoman Member Username: Birdwoman Post Number: 13 Registered: 06-2006 |
They aren't 17-year cicadas, because they are not in the Detroit area (probably not in Michigan at all, despite what the news says). There are also annual cicadas, but it's a tad early for them. They look like this: http://tinyurl.com/25cfvh Mayflies/fish flies are just starting to emerge. They look like this: http://tinyurl.com/26uhwr I doubt they are gypsy moths, which are usually found in older woodlots or forests. But if anyone gets a photo, I can probably identify it. | ||
Harsensis Member Username: Harsensis Post Number: 298 Registered: 07-2005 |
I remember a few years ago when the flying ants swarmed Comerica Park. Those come out when the temp and humidity is just right. I haven't seen as many moths, but I did see tons of dragonflies at Harsens Island over the weekend. | ||
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou Post Number: 1010 Registered: 09-2006 |
Driving on that stretch of 75 near downtown saturday I'd say about 8 of them committed suicide on my wind shield and hood. Especially after Tigers and in Lansing lugnuts games, they love the lights. | ||
Long_in_the_tooth Member Username: Long_in_the_tooth Post Number: 48 Registered: 01-2007 |
I think these two have something to do with it  | ||
Waz Member Username: Waz Post Number: 80 Registered: 11-2006 |
Yes, moths appear to have caused the seagull problem at the last two Tigers games... http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20070612/M ETRO/706120384/1129/SPORTS0104 | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1691 Registered: 05-2005 |
quote: my 3 cats did nothing but chase around moths on the balcony last evening...hillarious to watch | ||
Chocmalt Member Username: Chocmalt Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2007 |
We live 1/4 mile from Lake Michigan between Muskegon & Grand Haven and have had these tannish, 1" moths in our neighborhood, too for the last week or so. Not many on the beach - which is beautiful. I grew up in Detroit (Finney '66) - but these beaches, dunes & bike paths are heavenly. Visit anytime! | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 582 Registered: 10-2003 |
""We're buying plastic owls, putting them on the field until the players need it, and seeing if that works," Nabozny said. "But there aren't a lot of plastic owls around."" Hmm. That's the best they've got, huh? | ||
Spitty Member Username: Spitty Post Number: 575 Registered: 07-2004 |
I've had a moth start flying around in my car 3 of the last 4 days. I don't think it's the same one because I keep letting the window down so they fly out. I almost got in accident the first time because I thought it was a little bat or something. I live in Lafayette Park and they have been really bad this last week. | ||
J_stone Member Username: J_stone Post Number: 375 Registered: 10-2003 |
OMG! I captured 4 of them in my house last night in Corktown. I assumed they were hatching in some old wool pants in the attic or something. Crazy. Thanks for the post. | ||
Tkierpiec Member Username: Tkierpiec Post Number: 44 Registered: 03-2007 |
Glad I saw this thread because I thought something was wrong with my building the last few days! I don't have screens on my windows and can't even leave my windows open right now because the moths have taken over. It's horrendous, really. (New Center) | ||
Ron Member Username: Ron Post Number: 317 Registered: 03-2006 |
Hello forum. I've been lurking around for quite some time, and thought I'd chime in on this. I live in the Millender, and killed about 20 moths in one of my bedrooms last night. I walked into the room, and it was like poltergeist or something (only it was moths instead of flies), with all these damn moths flying around. I complained to management, but like everyone else, I'm glad I'm not going crazy. As an fyi, for those who are battling them in your house, I saw a "moth trap" on the 'net. Simply fill up a bucket of water, and put a light source slightly above it. The moths will be attracted to the light, and once they hit the water, it's a done deal. I'm going to try it tonight, and will report back on my "catch." | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 108 Registered: 01-2007 |
Ron, Add something sweet (Karo Syrup, molasses, honey, sugar) as bait and it ought to be more effective. The stickier the better. Another way to get rid of them quick is a home or shop-vac and a hose. Luckily I haven't had that problem in Waterford. Spiders and such get them. No cicadas. Very few mosquitoes so far. Yet to see a mayfly here this summer. I'm not an entymologist. But I did work at the Cranbrook Institute of Science as a biology/limnology student. I can pick the bugs out of a police line-up!  James | ||
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81 Post Number: 1488 Registered: 11-2003 |
Are they hatching indoors? How could you get an apartment filled with them if the windows aren't open? Get a bug zapper! I love those things. The blue light and the zzzzzzzzaaaaaaapppppp remind me of summers as a little kid | ||
Ron Member Username: Ron Post Number: 318 Registered: 03-2006 |
At the Millender, they just put my screens back in yesterday due to this season's window cleaning. However, I believe that there must be a gap somewhere that they are getting in through. Weirdest damn thing. Thanks jrvass, I'm adding some honey as we speak. Curious to see the result. | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 114 Registered: 01-2007 |
Ron, They should "stick". The rest of your plan should be OK. Plain water they may be able to climb on the dead bodies & escape! James | ||
J_stone Member Username: J_stone Post Number: 376 Registered: 10-2003 |
Crazy. I have no screens and I haven't opened my windows. They must be climbing in through tiny cracks as larva or whatever, and then transforming to moths inside. Whacky. | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 689 Registered: 02-2007 |
 Do they look like this? | ||
Knocturnal Member Username: Knocturnal Post Number: 203 Registered: 10-2004 |
the birds were back at comerica again today, too. wonder if that had any effect on the brewers' hitters today? any excuse would make them sound better. | ||
Ericdetfan Member Username: Ericdetfan Post Number: 98 Registered: 02-2007 |
I have theses lil bugs all over my backyard:  Box Elder bugs | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 7 Registered: 06-2007 |
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20070613/NEW S05/706130381 Going away soon? Hope so. | ||
Vas Member Username: Vas Post Number: 732 Registered: 01-2004 |
No way dudes. I killed about 30 in the past two days. But don't fall for their opossum behavior. One knock doesn't so it as they clearly liket o knock themselves around a bit. So i stunned one threw him in the toilet thinking the water would take care of him but he got his tough ass out next time I went into the bathroom. So I don't know about that water method. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 423 Registered: 04-2006 |
tried swatting them... didn't work... i got freaked out, so i started shooting them in my apartment with my bb gun. that DOES kill them. (got them mad ex-boyscout aiming skills.) | ||
Ron Member Username: Ron Post Number: 319 Registered: 03-2006 |
Yep. I can confirm that the water trap does not work. I went in my guest room last night (where the infestation was occurring), and there were three "guests" there. (This was at about midnight). I left them alone, thinking that my moth trap would work. Damn these little mofos. IT DIDN'T WORK! I guess I'm back to swatting them with my house shoe. | ||
Tkierpiec Member Username: Tkierpiec Post Number: 45 Registered: 03-2007 |
Those damn moths are freaking me out! I could not sleep last night due to the loud buzzing sound they make. And it's not like I can swat the damn things - I live in a loft with freakin' HIGH ceilings. I woke up this morning to silence. There was about 10-12 of them dead on my floor. I know my cat had a sleepless night on moth patrol so perhaps he took 'em out? (I have no idea how he got 'em but never underestimate a cat!) | ||
Birdwoman Member Username: Birdwoman Post Number: 14 Registered: 06-2006 |
I will actually be live on ESPN2 tomorrow morning doing an interview regarding the gulls eating the moths at Comerica Park. This is the species, by the way: http://tinyurl.com/2ustpw Not how I expected to do my national TV debut. Oh, well. | ||
Vas Member Username: Vas Post Number: 733 Registered: 01-2004 |
nice work birdwoman | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 6045 Registered: 02-2004 |
Well those seagulls really help keeping the moth population in check, Help the Tigers distract the Brewers and it help Verlander pitch a no-hitter, too. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 1126 Registered: 10-2006 |
How'd the spot go Birdwoman? | ||
Birdwoman Member Username: Birdwoman Post Number: 16 Registered: 06-2006 |
It was fun, only a couple minutes, but once they got past the inevitable Hitchcock joke, we had some fun with it. I brought a couple moths in a jar, and told them I'd have brought a gull but they are too unwieldly and poop a lot. They got a kick out of that! | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 1133 Registered: 10-2006 |
Sounds like good times. There isn't a chance that the clip is on like utube or something is it? | ||
Birdwoman Member Username: Birdwoman Post Number: 17 Registered: 06-2006 |
No, and they gave me a DVD, but it has the whole show. Who knows how I can extract the clip? | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 1336 Registered: 02-2007 |
I seen the thangs in the Pointes. EW! I'm afraid they may try to attack me as well. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 649 Registered: 10-2003 |
"I have theses lil bugs all over my backyard: " Ericdetfan, I have those bugs too! I have been killing then by the swarm. What are they?! | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 1133 Registered: 12-2006 |
I'm in the Pointes and I still have yet to see a large amount of moths. My house is covered in Fish flies though. |
