tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post6618238668921389164..comments2023-10-05T07:49:56.593-04:00Comments on The Midnight Garden: Nature CallingGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14337889899066280559noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-64708799846698279332008-10-12T18:48:00.000-04:002008-10-12T18:48:00.000-04:00I love the spider in your car. Is he "still with u...I love the spider in your car. Is he "still with us"? Or did you help along on his journey to the other side??? LOLOLOLOL<BR/><BR/>If he's still with us -- then I think it's cute that he's in your car and that you and he have little morning interactions as you drive to work. :) :) I think you should keep him. Then you can tell all your friends that you have a pet spider. :) I like that. <BR/><BR/>Also I've not heard about hurricane Ike. So this is good you posted it. I am off to look at the photos. <BR/><BR/>This was a fun and funny post with all the insects. You are a riot even when you don't know you are a riot!!! I know I've told you that before, but it's SO true about you. It's what makes you endearing and fun to know. LOL <BR/><BR/>Hugs my friend!!!! <BR/>RobinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-54299419625175710092008-10-01T10:49:00.000-04:002008-10-01T10:49:00.000-04:00Earwig harmless??? Haven't you heard? If they get ...Earwig harmless??? Haven't you heard? If they get into your ear, they will eventually eat your brains out! That's the story that always was told to the little ones in my youth. I'd hate to see that jumpy spider jump in front of you on your steering wheel as you're traveling down the roads. Still waiting to hear from Gregg in Galveston so I've been trying to get in touch with his parents in Wisconsin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-62508730617944146812008-09-29T12:04:00.000-04:002008-09-29T12:04:00.000-04:00I recognised the cranefly as we have them plenty i...I recognised the cranefly as we have them plenty in the UK, though I never knew they ate mosquitos, or even ate at all! (must go google them) Their larval stage destroys grass roots, and are called leatherjackets.<BR/><BR/>No matter what the weather is like in the UK at least we don't get hurricanes (well... occasionally we get freak weather) I just regard your storms in terror and amazement. It's beyond anything I can imagine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-89953108177576520402008-09-26T20:00:00.000-04:002008-09-26T20:00:00.000-04:00I remember the big spider from our painting aftern...I remember the big spider from our painting afternoon. I think Sue is right, the jumping spider is a wolf spider, and they do bite... might want to gently encourage it to head elsewhere, though maybe there's enough to eat in your car. Do you have a big insect problem there? I don't recall seeing any evidence, and we had french fries in there.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556860299477514075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-47875245385549124172008-09-26T18:25:00.000-04:002008-09-26T18:25:00.000-04:00I like your bug collection. The crane fly wins the...I like your bug collection. The crane fly wins the beauty contest. The little jumper is cute. The earwig looks like an alien - it's exoskeleton has inspired a number of CGI variations in SciFi horror movies.<BR/><BR/>I saw a segment on Glaveston and the hurricane on Nightline recently. Tragic. And the desolation drags on... And we're broke.Joe Jubinvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489419756833657839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-84524982245914927862008-09-26T12:14:00.000-04:002008-09-26T12:14:00.000-04:00Hey Greg...Thought it was about time I actually co...Hey Greg...<BR/>Thought it was about time I actually commented since I visit here all the time to see what you have going on.<BR/>The big spider there looks suspiciously like a Wolf spider of which I am highly allergic (often people allergic to bee will be). They even have a tendency to attack me...true statement, and I have stories and witnesses to back it up!<BR/>And earwigs, tho' mostly harmless, scare the stuffing out of me. As a kid I had a nest of the little bugger fall on my head and I had bites all over my scalp and shoulders. So...traumatized against them for the rest of my life. <BR/>Both species die if I see them...and can yell loud enough for someone to come help me. I figure, in a life or death situation, it is me or them. Obvious choice, really.<BR/><BR/>Sue...(your Colorado friend)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-59634986348865242802008-09-26T09:56:00.000-04:002008-09-26T09:56:00.000-04:00I know some people who can't have flowers because ...I know some people who can't have flowers because of earwigs, so I guess it depends on your soild type whether they are harmless or not. I know they can really pinch when you put your hand on one. Jumping spiders are cute, I am on the seventh floor but there are all kinds of them up here, they and lady bugs protect my garden from aphids.Sooo-this-is-mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02001864616415319712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-26918380848329076002008-09-26T06:19:00.000-04:002008-09-26T06:19:00.000-04:00Your gangly insect, as Butch says, is a crane fly....Your gangly insect, as Butch says, is a crane fly. They have a lot of other names, probably regional, but I have always known them as "mosquito wasps". They eat mosquitoes and larvae. They are harmless to humans, even though they may look scary due to their size and resemblance to mosquitoes.<BR/><BR/>Earwigs are totally repulsive to me. Even though I am told they are harmless, they look horrible enough that I freak out when I see them. And we have lots of them here.<BR/><BR/>We're creature-friendly as well, employing the no-kill strategy.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07553564105572755113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-63093727344428756022008-09-26T01:06:00.000-04:002008-09-26T01:06:00.000-04:00it leaves me feeling very glad that i don't live a...it leaves me feeling very glad that i don't live anywhere near a hurricane zone. even tornadoes are few and far between being on the very northern edge of the tornado belt.dykewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17776768691386493709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-26459457414802466402008-09-25T23:09:00.000-04:002008-09-25T23:09:00.000-04:00I haven't heard anything recently about the mess l...I haven't heard anything recently about the mess left over from Ike. I don't get much news at all, though. No TV news, no radio, I barely look at the newspaper. Most of the news I hear is from other bloggers pointing things out, so it's been a lot about the presidential candidates, Prop 8, Clay Akin and Lindsay Lohan; you know, the important things. :) <BR/><BR/>My thoughts and prayers, though, for the people of Texas and elsewhere who are still dealing with the Ike mess.<BR/><BR/>I like your little jumping spider in your car. Those fellows always fascinate me. The spider from your dining room, however, is one I wouldn't care to encounter. I had one of those gangly Golly-whompers (?) in my kitchen tonight. The earwig I can do without. We don't have them around here that I've seen. Thankfully.Javahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377033663576614925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12541532.post-49914729539135922832008-09-25T22:54:00.000-04:002008-09-25T22:54:00.000-04:00We have a similar fly in the northwest that we cal...We have a similar fly in the northwest that we call a Crane-fly. It eats mosquitos or their larvae from what I have heard. We boast to visitors that those are just the size of our mosquitoes here in the NW. ;-)Butchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481663364693052582noreply@blogger.com