Journal StalinsNotDead's Journal: Automotive weirdness 8
So I'm putting oil into my vehicle and I glance at the radiator. And there's a bunch of little termite looking bugs swarming all over the top of it. I check a couple days latter and they're still there. There's no signs of them inside the vehicle. They seem to live in or on my radiator.
Kill 'em anyway (Score:2)
I'm not surprised (Score:2)
here in the swamp. I've never seen such a variety of living things anywhere else I've been.
New species? (Score:3, Insightful)
More likely, the little buggies had been slowly moving away from a hotter environment, and your radiator reactivated the right genes, but it reminds me of the story of that new species of oyster that lives in LA and nowhere else in the world, having become dependent upon the sewage output of a large city to survive.
Propyline glycol (Score:1)
and ethyline glycol. They're in anti-freeze. Insects love that shit. In fact, in applications where you want to attract insects, such as beetle and wasp traps, that's what they use as an attractant.
Re: (Score:1)
Didn't think of the anti-freeze. That's a good observation.
Re: (Score:1)
Bugs are simple and beautiful. If you see a bug, it's there because it can eat there, or it can fuck there. Bugs don't do anything else.
Go for a drive (Score:2)
Take the car out on a long drive, let the engine compartment get good and hot. That'll cook 'em off.
Where's the photo? (Score:2)
n/t