• ArtieShaw@fedia.io
      11·
      1 month ago

      Spiders, giant spiders, stink bugs, the new type of stink bugs that somehow look grosser than the regular stink bugs, mice… We’re absolutely at that stage right now.

      Two humans and four half-way competent cats can’t keep up.

      I’ve devised so many stink bug removal devices it’s not even funny. The first was a paper towel tube with a little bag on the other end. Now I’ve got a wide mouth jar with some detergent water in it. A fancy little spoon coaxes them inside. They die quickly.

  • Doomsider@lemmy.world
    441·
    1 month ago

    One day we will tell stories to our children about how bugs used to exist before we destroyed our ecosystem.

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      12·
      1 month ago

      I’m also in PA. The ticks have been horrible this season because it’s not getting cold enough at night to kill them. I’ve never seen this before.

  • KingJalopy @lemm.ee
    16·
    1 month ago

    They actually just move inside your walls for the most part. Waiting. Plotting. Breeding.

  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
    16·
    1 month ago

    still have a mosquito in my bedroom. little asshole hides when i turn on the light to smack it and it senses when i’m about to just fall asleep and that’s when it attacks.

    fuck, i hate mosquitoes.

    • daellat@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 month ago

      Was just about to comment i had a mosquito yesterday it’s been a couple degrees above freezing here for over a week fuck right off you sleep depriving leeches 🫤

  • alltheweird@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    I’m unsure if they count as bugs but I got stung in the head by a wasp yesterday while it was 5°C and -2°C the night before. They can not be bothered.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
    8·
    1 month ago

    This is the last remaining thing I like about places with winter. The bugs have to start over each year so can only get to a certain level.

      • atkion@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        I realize this has terrible ramifications and indicates the depth of our irresponsibility etc etc, but this is one of the few silver linings to our current dilemma and I will fully allow myself to enjoy it

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 month ago

    As a hiker, I love a good cold run in the winter. A week of temperatures below 10°F (-12°C) will kill the majority of ticks in a region. The colder it gets, the quicker they’ll die.

      • toynbee@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 month ago

        I vacillated all day on whether I actually wanted to answer this question(?) because if you’re not familiar with the situation, it might be a blissful oblivion. However, if it were me, I’d rather know.

        Among the many other potentially apocalyptic situations going on, insects are dying out. If insects die en masse, especially pollinating ones, our entire ecosystem dies. Which means no food. Even if you exclusively eat meat, your meat eats plants, which require insects.

        Therefore, I wouldn’t mind a few more bugs around so that I could feel confident of continuing to be able to find nutrients.