(more than you want to hear) on my kitchen fl oor in a bowl of water lives a live tick I found it on my neck after burning charlie’s prairie last week don’t think it had time to bite isn’t swollen has its mouth parts six appendages I have studied it several times with a magnifying glass consulted wikipedia it’s probably a female deer tick might carry lyme plainly can live underwater tough little bugger seems immortal that’s no surprise – our sapiens species will likely be extinct in a thousand years is the prediction so insects will inherit the earth – haven’t named it yet while on this subject there’s a somewhat new bug invading from the south thanks to climate change wikipedia says its looks will send you screaming they seem a cross between cricket grasshopper black spider skinny legs don’t chirp just stare at you they like damp places they are too fast to catch but I have trapped four in my cellar you can buy a really sticky pad I mean really sticky don’t touch it or you’ll be like the man in the folktale with the sausage on his nose only it will be on your fi ngers feet you have been warned but what an effective way to eliminate crab crickets now about walking in woods we need a jacket made of that gluey stuff a cap a neckerchief will those ticks be too canny to be fooled you’ll get everything else though fl ies mosquitoes even tiny critters it’s probably patented but worth a try maybe they’ll pay me for a testimonial

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