What is this?

[skyfaller]

I'd like your help with figuring out what the objects in these pictures are, because I am puzzled by them.

What is this inflated ball thing? Taken in 30th Street Station in Philly, while waiting for the R3 back to Swarthmore.

What are these circles on the ground? This was taken out of the window of my plane from San Francisco to Newark as we flew over the midwest.

What is this insect? Taken in Mertz 2nd South's men's room.

If you can explain to me what any these things are, you win a hug! Or a Gmail account, or any token prize you might find useful.

Comments

[skyfaller]

Good sleuthing, Arthur! I just figured that out myself after naively googling "bathroom moth" and actually getting relevant hits. I bet you they're coming from the shower stall with the clogged drain that makes the hallway all wet and nasty. Disconnecting the 3rd shower didn't fix the problem, because the overflow from the 2nd shower still leaves plenty of standing water in the 3rd stall. Combined with the (still disconnected) smoking stove, I am rather unhappy with the way that this dorm is being maintained.

[arctangent.livejournal.com]

Ugh, is that thing *still* clogged up? What's making it so difficult to just unclog the damn thing? Granted, it probably won't actually get rid of the moths -- like mice, when a colony of them settles someplace they're unlikely to actually leave until they starve or are exterminated, hence why an ounce of prevention is worth several pounds of toxic pesticides -- but it would help with a lot of other things, like having more than 2 shower stalls available on Men's 2nd South, not having scary amounts of stagnant water, mildew and general dampness and dinginess in the area, and so on.

I'm thinking (hoping) New Dorm will be cleaner and sparklier. It *is* still the New Dorm, after all.