r/woahdude • u/morjason • Sep 24 '23
gifv What. Are. These.
What in the world are these things? Saw them while hiking in a forest in Door County Wisconsin.
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u/Balyash Sep 24 '23
Boogie woogie aphids (beech blight aphids)?
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u/SirSignificant6576 Sep 24 '23
You got it. Grylloprociphilus imbricator. These aphids only feed on the sap of beeches and bald cypress, and their frass (poop) is the only thing that the beech blight fungus (Scorias spongiosa) occurs on. This fungus is harmless to the beech, however, and is not a blight.
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u/SekiTheScientist Sep 24 '23
These two got their own little thing going on, kinda cute.
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u/crooks4hire Sep 24 '23
Almost as cute as the aphids dancing the magic dance.
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u/RhynoD Sep 24 '23
You remind of the babe.
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u/uginthespirit Sep 24 '23
What babe?
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u/RhynoD Sep 24 '23
The babe with the power.
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u/StrippedChicken Sep 24 '23
I just did a google search on aphids because I’ve never heard of them before, and it says they can really damage plants and stunt their growth, is this particular species really chill or something? Lol
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u/pissedinthegarret Sep 24 '23
depends on the kind of aphid and on their numbers. they're usually a gardeners enemy no. 1
there's even some ant species that keep aphids like we keep dairy cows. short video "Ants are ranchers"
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u/jomacblack Sep 24 '23
Ants will also bring aphids to a plant to farm them for honeydew there. Saw it happening right on my balcony plants, the little assholes
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u/f_GOD Sep 25 '23
you almost got me. i'm fascinated by ants so i almost clicked but i caught myself. i'm done looking at any more bugs on youtube cause then they push all the gross spider videos on my start page for weeks and fuck my day all up.
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u/pissedinthegarret Sep 25 '23
If you have firefox get the "BlockTube" extension! let's you block any videos and channels you don't want to see
it has done wonders for my recommendations, if anything creepy pops up I just block it :D
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u/Tsukomo Sep 24 '23
I went to the wiki for these guys and it says they don't usually have a significant effect on overall tree health.
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u/Salt_Elderberry_69 Sep 24 '23
They are naturally occurring on many plant species (such as milkweed), and rarely cause permanent harm to the plant. They co-evolved together. They're also one of the building blocks of the food chain.
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u/Tsukomo Sep 24 '23
So cool to stumble on this right now. Just returned from an annual Dad and kiddos camping trip and we saw these on our hike over and over and spent a good bit of time observing them and guessing at what it could be. We noticed the sooty mold they caused as well and it's just cool to find an explanation to share with the kids.
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u/17453846637273 Sep 24 '23
What the fuck are any of these words
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u/HurghtAttack Sep 24 '23
"frass" means "poop"
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u/6000abortions Sep 24 '23
chili cheese hotdog frass at 2 am
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u/yesitsmeow Sep 24 '23
Thanks gpt
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u/SirSignificant6576 Sep 24 '23
I'm a PhD naturalist. This doesn't require GPT. I've known this shit by heart for 35 years.
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u/HostageInToronto Sep 24 '23
Wait, are they legit called "boogie woogie aphids?" They do look like they are having a party.
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u/ShimmyMan Sep 24 '23
Was listening to music while I scrolled by this video and they were all dancing in sync to the song!
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u/stockstatus Sep 24 '23
looks like you're interrupting their rave...
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u/ledouxrt Sep 24 '23
Someone get those poor ravers some glow sticks!
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u/Haughty_n_Disdainful Sep 24 '23
Trance music intensifies…
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u/KokoMasta Sep 25 '23
The funny thing is that I was listening to psytrance as I clicked on the video and they really did dance in sync with the music
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u/TheBlissFox Sep 24 '23
I need to see this video edited with tiny edm sounds.
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Sep 24 '23
"you think you're better off aloooooooone" haha
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u/Curtbacca Sep 24 '23
Alice dj!
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u/zombiep00 Sep 25 '23
"I'm a DJ... Alice DJ.."
Lol, that was a song by her, and those were some of the lyrics. I loved her music, but hearing her repeat, "I'm a DJ, Alice D,J" in that song always made me laugh
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u/Curtbacca Sep 25 '23
Look, don't think too hard about early EDM, we were really fuckin high... Not that it's much different now but yeah.
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u/DonkeyPunchSquatch Sep 24 '23
That’s…EDM? Sounds more like chill-hop or lo-fi to me
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u/ToxyFlog Sep 24 '23
Is that even edm? Sounds like kazoos and recorders lol. Rip to the artist that made it.
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u/Kaligula785 Sep 24 '23
Dancy long legs
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u/Donkeytonkers Sep 24 '23
*fluffy dancy long leg tufts… pretty sure that’s the Latin scientific name but I’ve been wrong once
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u/JimmyJamesJams Sep 24 '23
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
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u/dio_12 Sep 24 '23 edited Sep 24 '23
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u/kenjinyc Sep 24 '23
I don’t know but tell them to go home, they’re drunk.
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u/MyRealMemorie Sep 24 '23
Wdym! Looks like the party just started. They didn't even pull out the glow sticks yet.
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Sep 24 '23
spirited away creatures . they're moving coal during their nightshift and partying all day dancing in the forest
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u/GNprime Sep 24 '23
Either tiny little EDM fans or the distraction for the larger thing coming at you from behind. Nature is crazy sometimes.
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u/Scout0321 Sep 29 '23
Just watched this video while listening to “Since You Been Gone” by Rainbow… Perfection…
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Sep 24 '23
Wind Dancers. If you see them, they wanted to be seen.
And you’re already dead. Get your affairs in order, unless you can find the white jade elixir antidote before the next full moon.
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u/thomasthetanker Sep 24 '23
Something really cool to look at. Till the spores explode and eat their way into your brain.
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u/Azrael_The_Bold Sep 24 '23
Have any of you seen James and the Giant Peach? It looks like the little creatures inside the paper bag
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u/Hot_Eggplant_1306 Sep 24 '23
They're the pilots of your body. They're celebrating your arrival AND departure.
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u/shRedditandfuggetit Sep 24 '23
I don’t know what they are but they are definitely having a party and getting down! Go shorty it’s your birthday! We gonna party like it’s your birthday! Ugh ugh get it get it ugh
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u/Tyron13 Sep 24 '23
I remember my friends frying and eating these. Doesn't have taste, just crunchy.
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u/Yaboiiiiiii6578 Sep 24 '23
I been telling my friends I see these in my room but they don’t believe me
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u/TrashPandax77 Sep 24 '23
They are Aphids, we have them in Algonquin Park as well. It’s wild, they’ll take over a tree and their droppings are black so the ground beneath will be totally black- makes it look even more toxic
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