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Invisible Biting Bugs? Say it isn't so!!
Please Fellow Bloggers, Like most of us, I've been in the dirt this summer. I've acquired broken concrete for a patio, which I've been working on, so, I've been encountering earwigs. OOhhh, how I dislike those things. I got on the Internet to find out why God put them here & maybe I could try to accept them. While doing that , I ran across a comment about " the invisible bugs that live in the dirt & bite." Now when I'm out there, I get sweaty & hot, I start itching, & I could swear something was biting me!!! I never said anything, I pick my battles & I didn't see a future for my invisible bug drama. Now that I read that comment, I KNOW SOME THING'S BITING ME! Is it just my dirt, is it just me, please, tell me ...."Who is Eating Gilbert Grape?" 37 comments from 14 users
posted by
Joty
on Jul 15, 2008 at 02:36 PM
Coming home from a camping trip many many moons ago, I can't remember where we were but a little voice is saying somewhere in Kern County...it must've been tarantula mating season. There were 1000's all headed the same direction, and 1000's of them squished on the road. My brother pulls to the side of the road, picks one up and places it on the hood of the truck. He bends down to get a closer look...I couldn't resist, I honked the horn. I don't know who jumped higher - him or the spider. Ahhhh, Madkow - you hit a turtle? That's one of my totem animals... :( posted by
sushisoo
on Jul 15, 2008 at 03:56 PM
Tarantulas?!!! I would have died on the spot!!! posted by
Joty
on Jul 15, 2008 at 04:15 PM
I stayed in the truck...I'm not kidding when I say there were 1000's of them. It looked as though the road itself was undulating. Full body shiver here...and I don't mind spiders as a rule! posted by
countygirl
on Jul 15, 2008 at 04:16 PM
My brothers have caught a few tarantulas here over the years. I almost died the other day. I was at my parents house and my brother went to take a shower there was a HUGE brown recluse(sp?) spider in the tub! Ewwwwwwww! He came out and was like, "You've got to come see this!" It took like 5 min for my chills to stop! lol It's the first time I've actually seen one! posted by
GINGER
on Jul 15, 2008 at 08:03 PM
Countygirl-are you sure it was a brown recluse?I wasn't sure if we had them here yet,I've heard stories,but it's Tehachapi,you always hear stories.... Last night one of those sunspiders ran at me while I was sitting on the floor,I jumped and yelped,and I'm not one of those "screaming types!" Storilori-glad to hear that the insects are at least visible!By the way,my youngest swears that when he takes his shirt off,the air makes him itch.Makes no sense at all to me!Glad to hear that you are beautifying your space and recycling at the same time-bites or no bites. posted by
countygirl
on Jul 15, 2008 at 08:16 PM
Ginger- I just went and looked at pictures of brown recluses and you're right I don't think it was one. This spider was hairy, an all light brown color and very large. It wasn't quite as large as a tarantula. It wasn't a wolf spider as I have seen my fair share of those, besides it was bigger. posted by
GINGER
on Jul 16, 2008 at 12:30 AM
I used to live in that neighborhood and it was spider-central.Of course I just realzed that the slight sound I've been hearing near me is a mouse below my desk running past my feet,so I have a new enemy!Can't complain too much though,because a friend is being over-run by raccoons. |
