I've had it with all of the creepy crawlies around here.
We finished building our house in February. Since then we've had many different animals visit our backyard: fox, bobcat, wild turkey, deer, rabbit, raccoon (R.I.P.). And for you Dr. Suess fans, yes, I do feel like a big, fat Once-ler sometimes. But spiders and insects? They can go.
One night last week, I had just put the pups to bed, turned on the hall light, and sat down in the living room to recover from the ordeal of Bedtime. Getting a 3 and 5 year old to take a bath, brush their teeth, get into their pajamas, and turn out the lights is usually followed by a recovery period involving a tub of cool whip and some peanut butter. As soon as I sat down I noticed a scorpion crawling down the hall. Creepy and dangerous. I squashed it and flushed it and told WD that as much as I hate grandaddy longleg spiders, I'd rather have them inside than scorpions. Welllllllll, yesterday I came face to.....face(?) with a grandaddy longleg on the shower curtain. Hate. WD was in charge of killing that one. Right now there's 5 of them plus a praying mantis on the front porch, and 2 walking sticks on the back porch. Not to mention a hundred mayflys hovering everywhere. I think I'm surrounded.
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Scorpions! ::shudder:: I'm glad we don't have scorpions around here.
ReplyDeleteWhat I want to know about the praying mantis and the caterpillar is - where does the praying mantis PUT it all? I assume s/he's going to eat the whole caterpillar and the caterpillar's bigger than s/he is!
Robyn, I know! I often wonder this about my 3 year old too!
ReplyDeletePraying mantids (yeah, I looked it up) are especially creepy when you look up to find one just staring at you. Not that it happens a lot, but still. The only one I like is Zorak.
ReplyDeleteHa,ha! I forgot about Zorak!
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