Proper Bug Killing

Living in GA has brought on a whole new realm of bugs. In Minnesota I can think of dealing with spiders, ticks, mosquitoes, and maybe a few centipedes. Well let me tell you in Georgia they have these except a "little" larger, PLUS they have other species of insects. First let me throw out there that I am not complaining and I am really not afraid of bugs. I just prefer not to have them living in the house. Because of this I have come up with the perfect bug killing solution for when nobody is around. (Let me pause here and state if there are people around and by people I mean guys, just scream like a little girl even if you are not afraid of the bug; it's just nicer for you and the guy if you let him kill it. They like feeling like a hero and I'm sure you don't enjoy cleaning up bug guts!)

If there are no guys around though, I am about to demonstrate the perfect bug killing theory. When we first moved into our house down here I was home quite often by myself and nobody had sprayed for bugs in quite awhile. Well as I was sitting on the couch (probably typing a blog like I am doing now) something ran by me feet. I looked down to see a scorpion. Yes I swear to you I know what a scorpion looks like and so I know for certain that it was most definitely a scorpion. Of course I got up and squished it with a shoe! When my dad arrived home from work I announced to him that I had killed a scorpion today. His first question...Are you sure it was a scorpion? YES!! Positive!! Next question....How big was it? Medium sized as far as scorpions go!!! Next question....Was it really that big? I don't think it could have been that big. Of course I usually just roll my eyes and ask if he could just pretty please spray for bugs!

This happened quite a few more times with cockroaches and big spiders. Because, he is the nice man that he is, he sprayed for bugs, got spider spray, (which does not work) and cockroach traps. (Which I know work) I sincerely appreciated this but, now that fall is upon us and the weather is cooler the spray does not keep all the bugs out. And telling my father that the bugs really are huge and gross and that they have to go does not help. I got to thinking how am I going to convince him that the bugs really are that big and disgusting while at the same time being able to kill them?!?

Well one day as a huge spider crawled out of the laundry pile the idea struck me. Grabbing my phone I quick snapped a picture of the grossness than stomped on the spider. Cleaned him up and threw him away. When dad got home that day I said hey dad there was a HUGE spider in the laundry today. Of course he said you are probably just exaggerating and I of course smirked and said well I got a picture of it! He was very excited to see this "tiny" spider that I had so amazingly killed today. I showed him and he took me seriously about that bug. I have also realized that if I don't get a picture there is no way you can convince a guy that it was as big as you really say it is! So below are the 5 steps to killing a bug. (Warning pictures are added so that you believe me)


Step 1. Scream just in case somebody is around

Step 2. Quickly run and grab your phone or camera (Be quick! You do not want that bug running away!!)

Step 3. Snap a picture.

Step 4. Squish the bug with a shoe or anything within reach. (Note: On your run to grab your phone or camera try picking up a shoe on the way back to the insect. It takes practice but once mastered the whole process works quite efficiently.)

Step 5. Clean up the guts and wait for the guy(s) to get home.

One last things take pictures of the snakes that you run into as well! That way the guys can know what kind of snake and how big it was.

Biggest centipede ever! I hate them!

Huge spider in the laundry! (This pic looks different cus it was taken with my old phone
 and it wouldn't transfer so its a little blurry but, you can definitely see how large it is!)

Even though it's just a little beetle it still counts!