You know summer is near when you start seeing creepy crawlies everywhere.  And I’ve seen my share already.

I am deathly afraid of insects.  Don’t like ‘em.  Definitely don’t want ‘em.  Although I must admit, ever since moving to Suburbia my tolerance of them has grown a slight smidgen.  I know…it’s all part of the circle of life.  Bugs are necessary.  Live and let live.  Blah, blah, blah.  But when they start invading my territory, that’s a different story. 

So I’ve already told you about my ladybug infestation last fall.  Thank goodness we’re done with that for now.  Now my issue is…carpenter ants.  Yup.  Not just the little, normal-sized ones but the GIANT, BIG BLACK ONES.  Ugh…I’m getting goose bumps just talking about it.  They were outside, some were inside the house, they were everywhere.  I tried the stuff you get at the local hardware store…sprays, granules, baits.  Didn’t work.  So it was time to call in the professionals…the big guns or maybe they’re called the guys with the big canisters (of bug spray). 

Greg, my knight with the big canister, came and sprayed everywhere.  Inside, outside…all with environmentally safe pesticide.  Ehhh, is there such a thing?  Well, we’re still alive so I guess there is.  Anyhoo, it seemed to work.  At least for about 2 weeks.  Then came the rain.  Then came the heat.  Then came the ants.  Oh and this time, there were some lovely, bigger ones…with wings.  Thank goodness they were stuck between my window screen and the window so they couldn’t come into the house.

Greg???  My knight, where are you????  Without fail, Greg came again.  This time with a bigger canister.  With more lethal (still environmentally safe) elixir.  And this time, he made sure he got them. 

Oh, and those flying, big ones I thought were ants.  He said they’re not.  He said it looks like it was some kind of bee that must’ve crawled into my window casing and hatched eggs.  Hence, the swarm.  Oh, lucky me.  At least they weren’t ants.  Phew.

P.S. - I’ll spare you the pictures of those creepy crawlies.  And yes, don’t ask me why but I did take pictures.