Where The Sidewalk Ends..(Pavement Ants)
Where the sidewalk ends is where you’ll find the headliner for this bad a$$ bug blog. Actually, that isn’t the only place you’ll find them. They are found throughout the United States in cracks in driveways, under sidewalks, in walls, under floors, inside insulation, under rocks and bricks and pavers, next to buildings, alongside curbs, […]
Not Just For The Birds Mites In Human Hairs
Even though their name suggests otherwise, bird mites aren’t just for the birds. So, what exactly is a bird mite? Bird mites, also called chicken mites by their close friends and family, are parasites that love a meal of some good, ol’ bird blood. But, if bird blood were the only thing that tempts a […]
Getting Squirrelly. Ground Squirrels
Just when you think this is the year that you are going to have a lush garden that produces a bounty of all of your favorite fruits and vegetables, enter the dream killer, also known as the ground squirrel. Ground squirrels are members of the…wait for it…squirrel family of rodents and they generally live on […]
Chigger Chigger Choo Choo
What in the world is a chigger, and what do they have to do with trains? Well, to start, chiggers are teeny tiny mites that have an exclusive membership to the arachnid family club, and they have absolutely nothing to do with trains. But if there were such a thing, the Chigger Choo Choo is […]
Crazy Ants vs. Crazy Aunts
Who knew that motivation for bug blog writing would come from home and car insurance commercials? But alas, here we are again! This time, it is the battle of crazy ant versus crazy aunt. We’ve all heard about crazy aunts, we either know of one, have one, or are one. But have you ever heard […]
Spring Cleaning. Springtime Pests
Oh, that wonderful time of the year when the chill is no longer in the air and there is evidence of new life everywhere we look. Flowers are in bloom, grass is lush and green, trees are bursting with new leaves, and the springtime pests that you’ve missed so much over the cold winter months […]
I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Furniture Beetles
Even though they might want to hold your hand, it is safe to say that you would not want to hold theirs. Not to be confused with The Beatles, the English rock band that took the world by storm in the 1960s, furniture beetles are wood-boring beetles that like to…wait for it… bore through wood. […]
Black Beauty’s Buddies. Horse Flies
Black Beauty, Secretariat, or the Black Stallion, it makes no difference to horseflies. In fact, you don’t even have to be a horse to get the attention of these blood-sucking insects. Cattle, horses, and humans are the objects of their affection, and they are pretty hard to ignore when they are slicing up your flesh […]
One Hump or Two? Camel Spiders
What is a camel spider? An eight-legged dromedary An arachnid with one or two humps An arachnid that isn’t actually a spider but is called a camel spider because people believe they like to feast on the stomachs of camels. While it is neither a camel nor a spider, the camel spider is an arachnid […]
From one Carpenter to another… Carpenter Ants
From one carpenter to another carpenter ants While they won’t be taking orders to build custom wood furniture any time soon, carpenter ants get their name from their unparalleled ability to work with wood. And by work with wood, I mean their ability to chew through it. Their mastery of excavation, coupled with the fine […]
