Dale came across this critter the other day. Points on color and design, but geez, WTF is it?!?!? No wonder our night blooming jasmines are looking ragged--this guy looks hungry.
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Let me explain.
The term bubbler is a quintessential Milwaukee thing. A bubbler is what the rest of the world (except Rhode Island, parts of Connecticut and the Boston area) would call a drinking fountain. The Yoopers also use it, but we all know they are just Wisconsin wannabees anyway.
When I first moved to California, I would use the term and get blank stares in response. The world was a much smaller place then and I had no clue that bubbler was just a regional colloquialism.
I use it as the title of my blog as a way to connect with those that know what it means and hopefully interest those that don't.
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What's a Bubbler?
Let me explain.
The term bubbler is a quintessential Milwaukee thing. A bubbler is what the rest of the world (except Rhode Island, parts of Connecticut and the Boston area) would call a drinking fountain. The Yoopers also use it, but we all know they are just Wisconsin wannabees anyway.
When I first moved to California, I would use the term and get blank stares in response. The world was a much smaller place then and I had no clue that bubbler was just a regional colloquialism.
I use it as the title of my blog as a way to connect with those that know what it means and hopefully interest those that don't.
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- MaryRuth
- Born in Milwaukee, I moved to Southern California in 1980, with a five-year hiatus in Maui. I now live in Torrance, California with my SO. I design circuit boards, a job I totally love. If I wasn't doing that, I would love to have a small restaurant. Things that make me happy: cooking, eating, music, and vegetating in my backyard.
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I have no clue, but just thinking about it makes me itchy.
Ewwww....I hate bugs.
I Googled "square green bug" and came up with this:
http://dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/26_7800_ENA_HTML.htm
Think this might be it:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/333802/19084/Ceylon-leaf-insect#default
MHP--one thing I sure don't miss about WI are mosquitoes!
Sheila--oh geez..there goes my soybean crop! No more tofu.
MR--wow! glad to see you are back in bloggy-land!
so, basically, I have some bug from the far east munching on my stuff.
Holy crap, is that a cool-looking bug!
D.B.Echo--cool, yes....but is it deadly to my plants?!
According to my National Audubon Society Field, it's a Green Stink Bug:
Food: Juices of foliage, flowers, and fruit from a wide variety of plants.
This pest damages apple, cherry, orange, and peach trees, and eggplant, tomato, bean, pea, cotton, corn, and soybean crops.
So, in a word: Yes.
I have a post going up with pictures of its carnivorous cousin, the Spined Ssoldier Beetle.
Here it is: Another Monkey: The Interlopers
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