One of life's little mysteries . . . .

[Bucky]

You are home alone sitting there working at the computer.  You have that eerie feeling that someone is watching you!  At times you just have this sixth sense that says something is up.  Suddenly . . . you jump - you can see, and now know, that you ARE being watched!!  You would call for backup - but, nobody is there to help - you'll have to do this alone.  You try not to move too quickly as to scare off the perpetrator, but you need a weapon.  Slowly . . . slowly, you rise from you seat.  Carefully you make your way across the room.  You reach up, grab your weapon and slowly make your way back to the computer area.  Careful . . . you don't want your victim to run.  You can feel your heart racing - you will have to move quickly, and you'll have to be accurate.  You raise your arm, take aim and tell your victim to say his prayers.  Then, it's over.

The mystery . . . how do these spiders (what did you think I was talking about?  hehe) suddenly "appear" out of nowhere?  You don't notice them crawling along the floor - the just appear out of thin air.  Some of those little critters can run . . . and fast!!!  It's not like you could give them a "lift" on the flyswatter and take them back outside to the great outdoors.  Nope, it's all or nothing.

For those of you who love spiders . . . I'm sorry . . . I do not!!  Even though I am a gazillion times larger than them, I do not like them.  They scare the heebiejeebies outta me!!  If they stay outside (where they belong), I don't have a problem with it - it's when they come inside and invade MY territory that there's a problem.  We've had some of those really large wood spiders in our garage . . . ewwwwww.  You get the can of Raid out for those puppies!!

Okay . . . take a deep breath . . . hold . . . exhale . . . repeat 10 times.  All is calm in the kingdom once again . . . . carry on.   

Don't EVEN get me started on snakes!!!! . . . . . .     

As the good book says, "All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return."

Bucky

[Scottietottie]

Well Bucky - you're a better woman than me. I can't bear to get close enough to kill one! 

Take care - Scottie 

[Patze]

Hey Bucky,

Spiders don't bother me much at all, but snakes, oh no, I'm so out of there if one is around!


Patze

[Blue Kat]

What grosses me out is when you swat a decent-sized spider and it's legs fly off...ewwww!

[Bernice]

I've said a number of times, I'm scared of most EVERYTHING, E V E R Y T H I N G!!!! Just reading your post Bucky makes me want to shut down for the night, my laptop is down for now, power cord broke so I'm sitting in the den at the computer with the lights out tv on, now feeling like something is crawling all over me so I do believe I've had enough for the night, picked the wrong thread I guess! LOL!

[Bucky]

Bernice . . . how did you sleep the other night?  Dream of spiders??   

I have to tell you about one other spider encounter I had inside the house.  In the bathroom our shower curtain has leaves and berries on it.  I was using "the facilities" and am looking at the shower curtain.  I notice along the bottom, positioned on a leaf there is a BIG spider (size of a half dollar) . . . hmmm, I don't remember seeing that on the curtain before (it blended in really well).  I ALMOST touched it when I realized it was REAL!!     Oh my goodness . . . . ummmm . . . . finished up real quick and yelled for my hubby to come into the bathroom.  He takes one look at it and says "holy cow, look at the size of that thing!".  He goes and gets a can of bug spray and knocks him off my curtain (at my request . . didn't want that bug spray on my new curtain), sprays this dude and he's flipping and flopping all over the place.   Where did this spider come from??  The only thing I can think of is they come up the heat vents from the basement (unfinished).  The heat vent in the bathroom is right next to the tub where this shower curtain is hanging.  Ewwwwwwwww

Bucky

[DebCMH]

OMG! I hate those things too! I'm afraid if I swat at one I'll miss and it'll jump on me. So,I just run for the vacuum cleaner and suck it up!

Deb

[Bernice]

I would have completely lost my everlovin mind, I just would have went blizzsurk!!!! Come to think of it I did scratch most of that night to the point I have welpts on my face and legs.

I'm sitting here now doing the same. I just don't know what it is about ALL bugs, ALL rodents, ALL cats, Most dogs, some fish and even some humans that freak me out, but they do. If I had saw that spider, especially that size there is no way I would have stayed in that house, probably for weeks until I was totally convinced it was the one and only one there and then I would be jumping everytime I see something out of the corner of my eye.

I know I need help!!

My husband was bitten by a spider a few years back and it causes a plug out of his leg to rot, same thing happen to my brother when we were kids. So I can not be conviced they are harmless. I HATE ALL BUGS!!!!

[Carolina]

Spiders and Tiger and Bears, Oh MY?

Carolina

I just don't want a large one suddenly appearing on any part of  my anatomy.  Otherwise, they're OK by me.

But each of us has our 'thing'.

[navydad]

everyone here is being plagued by stinkbugs,,, miserable things,, cant smash em,, they stink,, I take em outisde and then smash em,,

[Bernice]

http://stink-bugs.info/

That's for the rest like me who didn't know what a STINK BUG was, I had to look this up. I have heard of it before, but thought it was just something made up, I have never seen one before that I know of and the thought of a bug so small causing a smell.

Navydad, What does it smell like? Is it a smell that you can smell arouse a room?

[Bucky]

Some of those Asian beetles stink too!  Ewwww, they don't taste good either!!          They usually invade us by swarms in the fall when the crops are being harvested.

Bucky

[Patze]

Super dupper yuck!!!  Can't seem to get rid of the stink bugs!!! 

The feline tried to eat one, and spit it out so fast (he won't go near them anymore)!  Poor kitty! 


Patze

[Joy Cox]

WHAT'S AN OLE' COUNTRY GIRL KNOW    Suggestion as how you can rid inside of home of bugs, spiders and other insects.

In Garden Section at Lowe's Home Improvement Ctr. (I called and here is this yrs info) :

Bayer Advanced Complete Insect Killer *  
      Exclusive Double Protection System
             10 lb.  plastic bag for $12.97

*Living on a farm, we have found this very helpful around our home and other 'outbuildings.'
It is best to purchase a small plastic cyclone seeder that will distribute granules evenly and can be used yr after yr.
This small type seeder will spread about a 3 foot band at a time; therefore, one trip around your house with SOMEONE walking at a moderate pace will protect your home for up to 3 months.
Best to do this just before a rain or lightly water it in with a spray nozzle-type hose.

Better yet...read the directions on the bag.

[Joy Cox]

NATURE LOVER THAT RESPECTS OTHERS FEELINGS      Our 4 grandkids spend vacation time with us in summer and love to play in the hay barns and other outbuildings.  We have sleepovers in my little 2-room cabin by the creek next to the big meadow.

All enjoy the spider named appropriately, Writing Spider, especially, the six-year old. He and his daddy researched the big yellow and black one that can build a beautiful web in just one night. Grandson gave a report by the fireside one night as to what he and his daddy had learned during their research together. WONDERFUL MEMORIES ARE CREATED ONE AT A TIME...

Has anyone ever seen a Hummingbird Moth, YES moth?  Older grandson and I had the privilege to see one on the hostas after going to McDonalds for a late night cone of yougart... I SO LOVE NATURE AND ITS BEAUTY!