Bugs have overtaken our house.
At first it was just spider, which I was ok with (even though some of them are the size of a hamburger). Then, the spiders started to come inside and they brought with them those stink bugs and a beetle. The final straw came this morning, when I was sitting at my desk at work and suddenly felt some thing crawling on me:
I know it is just one of those tree worms and it most likely didn't come from inside of our house, but rather a tree along the walk to daycare/work, but still. I'm taking it as a sign. Our vacuum will be a weapon of death this morning.
(Oh, who am I kidding? I couldn't even kill this little worm. He is sitting on my desk under the pint glass waiting for lunch so I can release him. This does not bod well for my "war" on bugs. Maybe it will be more of a sit-in or hunger strike?)
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I feel your pain, only for us it's crickets. I love the fall, but it's cricket season. Thankfully we have to pest control devices...in the form of cats who love to chase those little chirping buggers.
ReplyDeleteAre the stink bugs you're seeing brown and shaped like a shield? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug). We have those, too. They are an invasive non-native species. Don't release it outside again. Let it crawl onto something and then flush it! If you try to crush it will release a nasty stink.
Stinkbugs have ruined my favorite season here. They're everywhere and the fact that I can't smash them makes it worse!
ReplyDeleteAt first glance, I thought that was a picture of a maggot and I'm relieved for you that it's a tree worm and not a tiny flesh eating tube of filth. Ew.