Several days ago, our company president Michael allowed a live bed bug to feed on his arm. Here is the photo. This bed bug is actually in the process of feeding. The bright red color you see is not the color of the bug but of fresh blood. To see the same bed bug and [...]
Jill found this spooky little guy on whatsthatbug.com. According to the website, his official name is a Halloween Bug. I do not know if this is 100% accurate because when I looked up halloween bug on Google images, all sorts of black and orange insects popped up. Maybe they are all part of the Halloween [...]
I love this time of year. There is a chill in the air and if your family is like mine, you might find yourself spending a little more time indoors where it is cozy and warm, wrapped in a flannel blanket and sipping hot cocoa. You also might find yourself sharing the warmth of your [...]
My sister-in-law just brought me an article from Southern Living magazine July 2009 issue called “15 Ways To Charm Her”. The article contains a list of 15 things that Southern girls still expect from men.
I thought #3 was especially appropriate:
“We still expect you to…
[3] KILL BUGS. Delta Burke as Southern belle Suzanne Sugarbaker on [...]
I about died laughing this morning when I visited the blog of a former college roommate and saw this photo. She took it with her own camera and posted it along with the caption: “Nature at work on my kitchen table”
Classic.
Thanks, Jen!
Last week I told the story of how we acquired a bed bug as an office pet.
Well, now I am back to report the most recent and grossly disturbing development.
It all began Tuesday around 5:15 pm, on what would appear to have been an ordinary evening at the office.
I had largely forgotten about the bed [...]
For the past decade or so I have lived in over 13 different apartments. The only problem is that apartments are incredibly buggy and I may or may not have mentioned this before but I hate bugs. I learned that you can clean your apartment all day long and it won’t make too much difference [...]
Ah, here we are. The Do My Own Pest Control family.
Precious, no?
I’ll let you in on a little secret. One of my biggest pet peeves is having to make a phone call to a company I have already given my money to and either 1) finding it is impossible to get through to a real [...]
We have one in the office.
And it’s not dead.
No lie.
I am kinda freaking out about this.
A customer brought it in last week in a tupperware container. While I have spent hours upon hours researching bed bugs, I personally had never seen a live one before. Only pictures. This was pretty exciting.
And nerve racking.
I watched our [...]
“Good night, sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite.”
This sing-songy little rhyme seems innocent enough. It may even have amused you as a child. As an adult, however, (knowing what I now know) there is nothing amusing about bed bugs. If you are like me, the mere thought of tiny, translucent, human-blood suckers living [...]
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