What's That Smell?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Thursday, September 23, 2010
Raise your hand if you’re seeing a lot of these guys lately.
That would be anyone in a mid-Atlantic state, apparently, where we’re experiencing a stink bug epidemic.
They’re hurting orchards here in Maryland, but indoors—where they come this time of year to escape impending cold—they’re harmless.
They don’t breed or lay eggs indoors. They just sit there. And annoy you.
You’re supposed to vacuum them up—but then your vacuum will smell.
We catch ‘em (gently, so as not to trigger an odor release) in a tissue and flush ‘em.
You?
So, if you think Washington, DC stinks, you’re right. But not for the reason you think, perhaps.
/serious case of the willies
Tick Talk
Posted by Danielle Bean in Health on Wednesday, April 07, 2010
The ticks are back.
I’ve picked a few off of the kids so far this season, and already I feel myself itching all over.
I have always considered ticks a nuisance. A pretty gross one at that. Living so close to the woods like we do, we see quite a number of them each year. Really, though, I always thought of them as just a nuisance.
But this past January, my 6-year-old Gabrielle was diagnosed with Lyme disease.... READ MORE
The Dish of Death
Posted by Danielle Bean in Homemaking on Monday, August 10, 2009
Rachel’s recent post about ridding your house of fruit flies came to mind recently.
What made me think of it?
Oh, I don’t know ... perhaps it was the clusters of bitty bugs that seemed to cover every surface of my kitchen and the swarms that swirled around my head as I tried to wash dishes or prepare dinner or (forget about it) eat a meal.
When we got desperate enough, we tried Rachel’s jar technique... READ MORE
Lord of the Fruit Flies
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
One recent morning, I was marveling at the bounty of fruits and veggies on my counter—peaches from the farmers market, bananas from the grocery store, green peppers and tomatoes from my very own garden! But as I reached toward my fruit basket to grab something to eat, a swarm of small brown bugs exploded off the produce and into the air.
Fruit flies, the enemy of eating green—unwelcome bugs that... READ MORE
Scratching the Mosquito Itch
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, July 20, 2009
I have a hate/love relationship with mosquitoes.
I hate them, but they love me.
This weekend, fifteen minutes in the outdoors at dusk sent me inside with twenty mosquito bites on my feet and ankles. I counted them.
It’s bizarre: the mosquitoes sucked my blood at the rate of more than one bite per minute, but Bryan got only two bites total. His mother was with us; she had none.
Why do mosquitoes... READ MORE
Praying Mantis
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Friday, October 03, 2008
It must be fall. The mantises are once again appearing in our field.
And Kateri, my oldest daughter, is once again busy collecting them all.
We haven’t brought any into the house to lay their eggs this year (I think—I have not recently checked the terrarium) but we sure have been enjoying these fascinating creatures in their natural habitat.
If you don’t see anything fascinating or enjoyable pictured here, you obviously have not yet had the pleasure of reading Fabre’s Book of Insects
Get yourself a copy
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