Sweet Cheeks Stew…Pocket Gophers
If you are standing in your kitchen trying to decide what you want to make for dinner and you happen to glance out the window and see small piles of loose soil in your yard, well, I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The bad news first, you’ve likely got a pocket gopher […]
The Pedes. Centipedes
What has between 30 to 354 legs, can be found in just about every horror movie ever made, and wanders your house at night while you are sleeping? If you guessed the house centipede – chances are you’ve either watched a lot of scary movies or you happened upon one in the middle of the […]
Swipe Right. Black Flies
Black flies, aka black gnats, turkey gnats, and buffalo gnats, can be found throughout the world in all climates from the warmest of warm tropics to the coldest regions of the Arctic Circle. All they need for survival is clean water, something that can give them a continuous supply of blood, and maybe a couple […]
Perhaps She’ll Die…House Fly
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly I don’t know why she swallowed the fly Perhaps she’ll die I am not quite sure what they were thinking, or perhaps, smoking, when they busted out this weird little ditty about a woman eating a fly, and then a bunch of other things, but for […]
Hungry Like The Wolf Spider
Back in the day when Duran Duran was singing about being hungry like a wolf, it is quite possible they were singing about the appetites of wolf spiders instead of the four-legged canine variety. And the appetites they were singing about just might have been for something other than food. It seems that being hungry […]
“I Can Show You The World” (Carpet Beetles)
🎵Sing with me!🎵 I can show you the world Shining, shimmering splendid Tell me, princess, now when did You last let your heart decide? I can open your eyes Take you wonder by wonder Over sideways and under On a magic carpet ride Ok, hold up right there. When Aladdin was trying to get the […]
Stop! Hobo Time!
Hobo time! Why does that make me think of MC Hammer in his gold lamé parachute pants? Hobo time, buh duh da dum, hobo time! It is actually pretty catchy. So, what does Mc Hammer have to do with hobo spiders? Well, the answer is really quite simple – not one darn thing. But as […]
Latest Fashion Trend? Yellow Jackets.
Contrary to their name, yellow jackets have nothing to do with the fashion industry. You won’t be seeing them walking down the runway with their pouty faces and long legs showing off the latest fashion trends. That’s not their jam. Instead of being on full display, they’d rather stay out of the public eye and […]
Odorous House Ants or Stinky Ants as I like to call them.
If it isn’t bad enough having ants in your house, these ones come with their own special brand of stink. Odorous house ants, or stink ants, as I affectionately call them, smell like rotten coconut when their little bodies are crushed or if they sense danger and are running around like banshees trying to find […]
Drain Flies
What is small, round, has a fuzzy body, wings like a moth? That would be the Drain Fly. Also known as a moth fly or sink fly, I prefer to call them annoying as @#$%. Drain flies are about the same size as gnats or fruit flies, measuring between two millimeters and five millimeters. They […]
