Category Archives: Insects

Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite. Too late.

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Terry Taylor

According to the news, we all have bedbugs. The evil, almost invisible parasites are everywhere from hotel rooms to your bedroom. Headlines call it an epidemic. A guy on the news just told a story about bedbugs in his car. … Continue reading →

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The Attack

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Terry Taylor

A strange coolness hugged the evening ground after a week of near 100º temperatures. Fireflies hung suspended above the parched grass,  glowing in surreal blinks, looking for a mate to celebrate the turn of  good weather. After my throw, the … Continue reading →

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Dirt Dobbers

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Terry Taylor

A dirt dobber began commuting through our house a week or so ago on it’s way to work. I call her Dob (a tough name for a female, but she is an Apoidea, whatever that means). Dob’s day job is … Continue reading →

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What I Got For Christmas: Fire Ants

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I have written about fire ants before. But things have changed in the South. Call it global warming. Call it a fire ant invasion. Call it an environmental rash, whatever. I have experienced fire ants up close all of my … Continue reading →

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Oh, By The Way, Fireflies Are Taking A Beating Too

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Terry Taylor

With the recent news (from Michael Casey, Associated Press) that fireflies are disappearing from the earth – due to light pollution (too many lights), heavy pollution (too much industrial waste) and several other man-made alterations (environmental apathy, perhaps), it’s good … Continue reading →

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I’ll Take The Double Bug Burger With Curly Crickets

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Terry Taylor

We’re all going to be living on bugs in a few years; you know that, don’t you? Roaches, scorpions, grubs, crickets, worms, crispy, crawly crunchies, they are the answer to the coming food shortage — and that shortage is coming. … Continue reading →

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The Gnat Line

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Terry Taylor

I have a problem with the exact location of an imaginary, biological line that competes with the old geopolitical Mason Dixon Line. The Gnat Line, as I have read about it and heard talk of, is the new demarcation boundary … Continue reading →

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Bark, bark, sting, sting

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Grapevine, TX. Leroy, our shepherd/border collie best friend, was going crazy on the back patio. His intense barking dislodged in me the memory of a big, yellow cat that had stumbled over our stockade fence back in the winter. Leroy … Continue reading →

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Gimme an F. Gimme an I. Gimme an R. Gimme an E. Gimme an A. Gimme an N. Gimme a T. Whaddaya got?

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Terry Taylor

I am itching as I type these words. If you have ever lived in the Deep South, you’ve seen more than your share of fire ants. One run-in with a few of the devilish little ankle biters and you’ll grasp … Continue reading →

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