Crawly Critters

Beautiful, beguiling, bitey, big, beneficial, bugs! Everywhere, all the time. The colors! The camouflage! The survival strategies! Grasshoppers and katydids. Spiders of every size and color. Beetles in the most fabulous colors! Caterpillars (do NOT pet them!) and millipedes. And ants, ants, ants. Bullet ants. Fire ants. Leaf cutter ants. Army ants. Tiny ants that live in a specific tree species and produce an herbicide so nothing grows under their tree. The variety is endless! Don’t touch the trees or plants. Don’t walk barefoot, especially in the dark. Shake your boots and clothes before you put them on. Wear long sleeves, long pants, tuck your pants into your socks. But LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, because their beRead more