When Ladybugs Attack
The perfect autumn weather is good for a myriad of different treats. Rolling around in leaves, pumpkin patches, wearing sweaters. Most of these I’ve already listed before in an I LOVE FALL! type of post.
What I failed to remember is that fall is also when ladybugs attack.
Holy crap, all the ladybugs!
While a swarm of ladybugs flying right at my face isn’t high on my list of a good time, and I really hate having them in my house, pinging against the walls, their silhouettes playing behind my curtains, flying in dizzy circles… Wait, what was my point? Oh yeah, stupid bugs.
Buzz, however, is all boy and can’t get enough of these insects. Whether it’s a fly or an ant or a Pixar movie about bugs. And now, the ladybugs. He points at the gangly group converging on the outside window screen, like some bad made for TV horror film. Think The Birds, only much, much smaller.
“BUG!”, he squeals in giddy delight.
“BUG!”, as he notices an intruding ladybug’s polka dot armor roaming our carpet. He kneels down and studies it’s beady body. He pokes it, prods it, flips it over on it’s back. Luckily he has yet to fully squash one in his fingers.
“BUG!”, he repeats, mesmerized.
I pick it up gently and set it free outside. A task I’ve already accomplished numerous times. Mommy, ladybug rescuer. Buzz follows close behind. “Bye bye, BUG!”, he waves, as 10 more swarm inside in it’s place. Stupid bugs.
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That’s too funny! I wish that all we had to deal with were just some silly swarmy ladybugs here but noooooooooooo! Cockaroaches (no matter how clean the house is), ants, spiders, praying mantis, you name it we’ve got it! Total minus of living in a tropical setting. ALL BUGS KNOWN TO MANKIND LIVE HERE!!!
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@Restless Mama, We have all of that, too, except the praying mantis. They don’t gang up to swarm at my head whenever I open the door, though, or try to take over my house.
Oh and I’m totally girly about the bugs too. I flail, scream, jump when it comes to those creepy crawlers.
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Before the marriage and the kiddos, I lived with a friend in her old farm house. We were literally taken over by those lady bugs in the fall. They were like snow…we’d vacuum them. So gross.
It amazes me how kids will make things look so different…still annoying, those bugs, but just a little better somehow
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They’re swarming our house too. The cats think they’re personally delivered chase toys. I’m just waiting for one of them to be strangled in the window shades while going after the stupid bugs.
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