Tag Archives: Insects

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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