October 2024 General Discussion

[A-L-E-K]

1 minute ago, cyclone77 said:

We've had two hard freezes here but there's still a ton of bugs around.  The ladybugs have gone apeshit over the past few days, worse than I've ever seen.  

lol yeah ladybugs were all over the lakefront trail yesterday

[WestMichigan]

8 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Went to a Halloween thing tonight. The colors are just spectacular.

Greenfield Village?

[michsnowfreak]

45 minutes ago, WestMichigan said:

Greenfield Village?

Yes, good eye! Love their Halloween events, and their Holiday Nights at Christmas are my absolute favorite!

[michsnowfreak]

1 hour ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

They seem a bit duller, leaves just drying out and turning brown quicker, but we are at peak so colors are still magnificent. 
 

Every year they make a big deal out of the best conditions for the best color, and while some years are more brilliant (or longer) than others, I've never seen a color show disappoint. Simply does not happen in the upper midwest/Great Lakes/northeast with our variety of trees/colors. 

[madwx]

3 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

We've had two hard freezes here but there's still a ton of bugs around.  The ladybugs have gone apeshit over the past few days, worse than I've ever seen.  

Same here. They are trying everything to get inside houses

[A-L-E-K]

re: ladybugs and for the more u know file

i guess the october swarming, especially warm days after a first freeze is a thing

https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/lifestyle/2022/10/19/how-the-ladybugs-history-explains-its-autumn-appearance/69568617007/

 

[Malacka11]

10 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

re: ladybugs and for the more u know file

i guess the october swarming, especially warm days after a first freeze is a thing

https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/lifestyle/2022/10/19/how-the-ladybugs-history-explains-its-autumn-appearance/69568617007/

 

I feel so validated by all of this talk because the last week or so, whenever I take my dog for a walk in the forest preserve by my house, it smells overwhelmingly of ladybug, and I thought I was just losing it. I imagine there's probably just a big gathering somewhere close to the entrance that I haven't discovered

[OrdIowPitMsp]

7 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Every year they make a big deal out of the best conditions for the best color, and while some years are more brilliant (or longer) than others, I've never seen a color show disappoint. Simply does not happen in the upper midwest/Great Lakes/northeast with our variety of trees/colors. 

I’ll note, the large Swamp White Oak outside our house went from mostly green to post peak in 4 days. Yesterday it was peak color and today brown and dropping leaves. Trees aren’t holding the color as long this year and dropping leaves rather quickly. 

84 here this afternoon. 

 

Yes i am awful at taking pictures.

[TheClimateChanger]

 

[cyclone77]

Trees are definitely starting to turn much faster now.  Many trees that were mostly green last week are fully turned already.

The side yard tree here did this in just two days.

 

[bowtie`]

4 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

I’ll note, the large Swamp White Oak outside our house went from mostly green to post peak in 4 days. Yesterday it was peak color and today brown and dropping leaves. Trees aren’t holding the color as long this year and dropping leaves rather quickly. 

84 here this afternoon. 

 

Yes i am awful at taking pictures.

I don't know. Looks like a perfect image to me. Shows the brown in exquisite form and sharpness with some color in the background for even more contrast. It tells the story you are telling in a very clear manner.

[bowtie`]

Color is spotty on the walking/biking path here. Leaf drop is commencing as it is getting thin, and more and more Sun is shining through this weekend here.