Brad Buchanan
Member
I have a large butternut tree that overhangs part of my back yard. Every year about this time I have hundreds of these green-skinned perils to deal with.
The little beasties fly into my garden and when trodden upon act as a roller bearing causing the trodder to flail his armes to regain his balance (especially if you a bit clumsy, more than a bit if you ask my wife).
They never seem to have a purpose i.e. growing little butternut trees but if you hit them with the mower just right they take off at warp 9 to the next county.
So do they have any redeeming traits or were they just conceived to annoy the humans within their realm?