Being invaded

[southernsis]

We have a problem with the Lady Bug wanta bes here certain years. Every year about now the daddy long legs show up. They are thick again this year. They are everywhere. You can look down and see a ton of legs wavng and it is a bunch of them fighting with each other. It is intertaining. We bet on which one is going to win the fight. We get them in the house and still do not know how they get it. I wish the birds would eat them, but that does not happen or if it does they are not doing much to lessen the number of them. I guess living in the woods has some draw backs. I would rather have the bugs envade than have people.

[glenn kangiser]

Yup -- sometimes bugs are more desirable.

[Sassy]

We've been having problems with the "kissing" bugs - not many but find one in the bed every few days - they like to bite & suck your blood    but don't stay like tics do...  they leave a welt that itches like crazy - I'd never seen them until this year - the doctor we bought the property from said they had them in their custom built house on the property next to us...  some people are highly allergic to them & go into anaphylactic shock... the tics & ants have been terrible this year - 1st time I've gotten a tic bite since we've been up here...  yuk!

We brought 1000's of those ladybugs back from a place we went to looking at a mine...  they were all gone the next day just about - guess they didn't like our garden - like the marijuana better    probably was good that they didn't stay if they were the type that were imported...

[Redoverfarm]

Yes sassy they are not like the original "Lady Bugs" as they were harmless and only were good for the garden.  But these are a completely different breed and although they look similar they are different.   What are you calling a "Kissing bug"?

[Sassy]

some people call them bedbugs - but they aren't a true bedbug - we've looked them up but never seem to find the exact picture or name - it has a round little body (between 1/8-1/4 in) with a long probiscus - it's black & everytime I smash one it's full of blood - found one again this morning...  yuk!

[apaknad]

hey glen,

well the job did not work out for those of you who remember. oh well. with those asian beetles i used to vacuum them up then spray bug killer in the vacuum hose while it was still running. made short work of them. i guess i missed alot of posts. wisconsin was pretty. i was not worried about travel...yet!

[glenn kangiser]

Glad you made it back, Dan.

You left during all of the excitement.  It should continue though.