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October 13, 2005
Creepy Crawlies
We live in a new place, which (among other things) means were finding new bugs.
In the old house, the problem was ants. I used to joke that the hill Chino Hills was built on was, in fact, an ant hill. They'd find their way into the house looking for water, or cat food, or maybe just a good time.
In the new house, we haven't had ants yet (knock on wood), but we've found three centipedes.
Now, I don't know that I'd ever seen a centipede up close and personal - and lemme tell you, they look nothing like the video game. They look like spawn from a lower plane of hell, and they move fast.
They're downright creepy. Fortunately, two of the three we've found have been DOA, and the third was easy enough to toss out the back door. I'm mildly concerned as some varieties can be poisonous, and while Dawnise and I are unlikely to feel more than a stinging bite, the cats could be less resilient.
Then, yesterday, Dawnise brought in a T-shirt from the laundry hamper with what looked like a small crab crawling on it - complete with claws. We're not sure what it was, it might have been a wood tick (not the Patrick Warburton variety) which would be un-good. It doesn't look like a tick to me, but I'm working off memory, which isn't always reliable.
Posted by dberger at October 13, 2005 9:07 AM
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Might be one of these guys, in which case they're harmless.
(The things that stick in my mind from my travels through Wikipedia....)
Posted by: Catherine at October 13, 2005 7:53 PM