Hallson Gardens

This is our resident Woodchuck, (groundhog) Whistle pig or other such names he goes by! Seems to feel my deck and patio are his own personal resident now. Here's he's got his eye on Stan and eye on HIS patio and wondering if we are staying long! UGLY thing! This is the offspring of the larger and be...

:roll: Bout time you posted young lady! And it's been OVER 3 years since you first signed up! :lol: That is one HUGE and ugly bug you have there! I'll mail you the ones I've posted, so you can add to your variety there in Ct! :D Ovipostitor is a new one for me too! Interesting! Very Interesting! Oh,...

It was fun! Almost....NOT as be there, but....fun all the same!

It had crossed my mind that I could really screw with her mind , by bidding against her for something, but I thought she might just blow up with the excitement!

Oh yes, me too. He just hates them growing up through that section of deck. It's only about 1' off the ground level and so they grow up through it and I let them till the frost. Whatever you know? We never use this deck.....except for his griling stuff!

Good to know! Thanks~ I know daddy-long-legs bite too, b/c I was bitten at 14 or so while camping, but we used to catch them as kids and watch them crawl up our arms and stuff, on dares!

Oh NO! It does appear to have a snout! UCKY POO!!!!!!!!!!! Why are they on the ceiling then instead of the floor or cupboards? I don't get it! I've not seen any in the pantry or foods, I always watch this time of year when we start getting these, just be/c I know it can happen and their presence mak...

Oops! Sorry Pat, there is rarely only one bird in my pics. Where there is one, there are 2 or 3 or 7! :D He does blend in with the runway a bit there! I think he's here to stay as he shows up everytime I'm out there now. Doesn't mind me getting to close which I thought was weird. Then again, I've st...

No, one of the sites I read about the fire ants on, say they can start in the cracks of pavement and or along side of the sidewalks!

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/entomology/4 ... 4-284.html

This site shows the fire ant stages and yes, they do start as larvae and grow bigger.

Well, my dh would return them to, but until he saw all the catepillars and now the monarchs, he didn't believe me that it's the only plant they lay eggs on. NOW he's a believer and is enjoying the fruits!

I haven't met a bird yet, that I didn't enjoy watching. Even the gulls are fun to watch

So? Do you think they could be imported fire ants?

Hm....that's what I was thinking but I've never seen such large eggs for ants. Usually they are microscopic almost. Very tiny little white things I thought? I've seen those before, but this thing is huge!

LG as others said, be very careful where you use that. Some are good even after they the ground, which round up doesn't. Those that do, as sometimes used to sterilize the soil so that NOTHING can grow in it! Send it here though! I've got some stubborn blackberry plants I can't bomb and would love to...

Anyone? HELP pretty please?

Well, like I said, this one is only out at night after dusk. Drives me nuts though, b/c to get to sleep I have to hunt, or I lay thinking they are on the ceiling!

And these are the only ones I catch. The others are just watched

You aren't serious are you? Don't all ants swarm? OHMY! Termites are black aren't they? These things, even the winged ones are red, look the same except that they have really long wings! OHMY! NO! NOT TERMITES! It's on the patio, away from the house, oh dear, oh me, oh my!

Well, the only time I see him, is on the herbs I let go to seed (big mistake) but the bees and butterflys like it so much............ so I'll cut them back and maybe she will go away to the compost pile with them! Just for you my dearest!

Oh great! Another BITER! I don't mind if these things go after other stuff, but not ME~ UGH!

These buggers for the last few years have invaded the house in late summer. Every night, I pick them off the ceiling. I've noticed, you don't see them till it gets dark outside. We have window A/C, so I've been using 'Home defense' that the last 2 nights just around them. They still get in! They are...