In our first house, we had house centipedes in the basement and tons of massive spiders! We are in a new house but we have tiny bugs that are called "new construction beetles" which are unavoidable if a house is built when it rains. Ugh, we have pest control too!!
Are there any nasty/crazy bugs that get inside your house?
nectarine / 2054 posts
My first apartment in London had tons of spiders. It was in a row of apartments, but was a little bungalow kind of apartment that had a direct entrance on to the street, so the spiders went right in. All shapes and sizes, big and small. I got so good at killing spiders! By the end of my lease, killing spiders didn't bother me nearly as much (except for any really big ones, those I would still leave for my then-boyfriend, now DH).
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
I used to get crazy silverfish in my dorm in college.
Then my second apartment after college we got crazy centipedes.
This house has centipedes as well. Ugh. Those things are like the spawn of Satan.
grapefruit / 4862 posts
Ahhh, Florida. I see bugs I never thought existed, in places I would never guess. Cockroaches aren't just for dirty homes in this climate. I SEE THEM IN THE STREETS. In our garden too. They are just... everywhere. And when it rains they come into the house. Now that it's rainy season I'm back to seeing them a lot. Going to the bathroom at night 29384738 x (preg) terrifies me. Mostly I find them dead (pest control) but the other night I saw one scurry when I turned on the light to pee. Oh and how about their giant relative, the PALMETTO BUG. Size of a man's thumb, and just like a cockroach, but THEY CAN FLY. They somehow always manage to get in. Best place? I went to get fresh laundry from the dryer and as I go to take it out one crawls out of my underwear. I now remove items from the dryer with a hanger, not kidding.
pomegranate / 3314 posts
@kjpugs: Oh my God - yikes! Similar to your laundry story, when we lived in Brooklyn my husband brought our laundry up from the shared laundry room in the basement and we were pulling out sheets to make the bed when a GIANT cockroach scurried out from the pile of bedding. That apartment got some giant roaches and for that reason, I was not sad to leave it behind.
Now that we're in Connecticut and in a house it's more spiders than anything, but I'll take spiders over roaches any day.
persimmon / 1345 posts
Every time we have a massive thunderstorms, ants somehow get in. It rained heavily on Sunday and this morning I found ants downstairs! I freaked out bc LO is now crawling!
grapefruit / 4862 posts
@meredithNYC: I totally agree! I'm scared crapless of spiders and NEVER thought I'd prefer them to other bugs. Then I met roaches. They crunch 10000x worse. They carry disease. If you kill a female roach and don't bleach the area the eggs can live on and hatch still. They are speedy as all getout. I just cannot handle them. Especially the large/crunchiness.
pomelo / 5789 posts
We live in Florida so we used to have lots of roaches.....(not dirty, but from the climate)
We moved and now get these:
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
I find bugs all the time. We need to get our pest control guys back out here. Our backyard/deck has a ton too. I was walking around the deck trying to get R to sleep this afternoon and our table and chairs have ants crawling all over them. Need to do something about those. I want to eat outside!
apricot / 288 posts
We get flat stinkbugs which I absolutely hate. We also get lots of ladybugs. The other day, I killed a spider that had a body larger than a dime. And our backyard is home to lots of wasps. That's what we get for living with a ravine in our backyard.
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
Ugh, in the townhouse we just moved out of we were constantly battling ants, and big ol' wasps constantly found their way in. Not fun.
We had those crazy house centipedes in VA. Gahhh those things are ugly, and huge! I read somewhere that they take care of other pests but can live up to seven years or something crazy.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
We have box elder bugs and assassin bugs that find heir way in. Ewww.
pomegranate / 3329 posts
@wheres_c: When my parents moved into their house (about 15 years ago) and I still lived with them, they had those and I hated them!! They had hardwood floors and waking up to go to the bathroom was scary!
In this house we have sugar ants, I have terro in the bathroom, pantry, and behind the kitchen sink. Hate them. The yellow jackets are going to be awful this year, they're already out.
pomegranate / 3503 posts
@Smurfette: we've been getting a lot of ants lately as well. Luckily the kids are not bothered by them.
We get stink bugs in the winter. They freak me out but at least they're slow.
bananas / 9118 posts
I grew up with scorpions and bedbugs. I pack my bags and leave if I ever see a scorpion in this house!
We get ants around this time of year, that is my big battle each year.
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