Dead crickets causing a stink in Texas city
WACO, Texas (AP) — Several businesses in the Central Texas town of Waco are dealing with a smelly problem that won't go away: decaying cricket carcasses.
A bank, a drugstore and other businesses have been inundated with the odorous onslaught of dead crickets that have been trapped inside walls and have collected on sidewalks.
Jani Rodriguez, the branch manager at Synergy Bank, tells the Waco Tribune-Herald that scented products have been unable to get rid of the smell. Using air-scrubbing machines hasn't worked either.
Fred Huffman, an entomologist who runs a local pest control business, says the cricket problem has been worse this year because mild winter conditions resulted in the insects appearing earlier than normal.
Health officials say the crickets don't pose any direct health risks.
A bank, a drugstore and other businesses have been inundated with the odorous onslaught of dead crickets that have been trapped inside walls and have collected on sidewalks.
Jani Rodriguez, the branch manager at Synergy Bank, tells the Waco Tribune-Herald that scented products have been unable to get rid of the smell. Using air-scrubbing machines hasn't worked either.
Fred Huffman, an entomologist who runs a local pest control business, says the cricket problem has been worse this year because mild winter conditions resulted in the insects appearing earlier than normal.
Health officials say the crickets don't pose any direct health risks.
"Health officials say the crickets don't pose any direct health risks"- but apparently Waco poses a health risk to crickets.
Give 'em to Mikey, he'll eat anything! Â :)
"Jiminy? Jiminy? Has anyone seem my Jiminy? Where are ya, boy? He can't be that hard to spot, not with his top hat and all."
Looks more like a grasshopper....I thought crickets are black. Maybe it's different in Texas.
 @dianned They are kind of related to grasshoppers. They can be black, brown, reddish, green, some are even striped.
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Texas. (((shudder)))
The headline made me think that Buddy Holly rose from the dead.
 @WendyTeagarden At least we got a few years out of Waylon on that bet!
Yeah, That'll Be The Day.
 @Kushfan nice touch.
 @WendyTeagarden Yeah, that would stink, too. Do you think, as a zombie, he'd still be wearing his glasses, or maybe dragging his guitar?
Maybe he'll get a guest part on "The Walking Dead"!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHV1yKsCxJ4