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#23,012
xiangxiang0731 said:
:lol::lol: I normally scream at spiders "get out of here!"
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When I was growing up I used to scream for my older brother to come in and kill whatever offender was making an appearance. When I moved into our house eons ago, I started seeing insects in the garden that I never knew existed. Some of them decided to try their luck inside the house, so I quickly had to get used to doing it myself as the sibling option was no longer available lol! Just when i thought that I had seen everything nature had to offer, a few months ago I found some little dried up things on the family room carpet. I had no idea what they were until last week when I found a couple in their live state. Lawn Shrimp!! Sounds crazy right? I couldn't identify the creature until I found a fairly live one. It was pink and looked just like a shrimp. I went on the internet and made the identification pretty easily. Turns out that this is a result of the heavy rains we had during the winter. They make their appearance in places other than the garden after weather like that. It is not just a California thing either as the site where I found the info had posts from other states and climate regions. I am presuming that they crawled in under the slider in the area where we have a little patio with plantings.

Of interest, is that I had the DH go out and buy some tiny bay shrimp to add to a cold cucumber soup that I made to take to the Hollywood Bowl. I had a hard time eating them hahahaha! Too close a resemblance.
 
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gracekelly said:
When I was growing up I used to scream for my older brother to come in and kill whatever offender was making an appearance. When I moved into our house eons ago, I started seeing insects in the garden that I never knew existed. Some of them decided to try their luck inside the house, so I quickly had to get used to doing it myself as the sibling option was no longer available lol! Just when i thought that I had seen everything nature had to offer, a few months ago I found some little dried up things on the family room carpet. I had no idea what they were until last week when I found a couple in their live state. Lawn Shrimp!! Sounds crazy right? I couldn't identify the creature until I found a fairly live one. It was pink and looked just like a shrimp. I went on the internet and made the identification pretty easily. Turns out that this is a result of the heavy rains we had during the winter. They make their appearance in places other than the garden after weather like that. It is not just a California thing either as the site where I found the info had posts from other states and climate regions. I am presuming that they crawled in under the slider in the area where we have a little patio with plantings.

Of interest, is that I had the DH go out and buy some tiny bay shrimp to add to a cold cucumber soup that I made to take to the Hollywood Bowl. I had a hard time eating them hahahaha! Too close a resemblance.
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I bet you did! :sick::sick:
 
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I could tell you stories of the bugs we encountered during our one year in Texas, but I don't want to bring the cafe mood down. Let's just say that the tarantula swimming in the pool was the least scary thing we encountered.

Sorry about the stress of the move rainneday. I'm sure it will all be worth it. Hope the beach break helped..
 
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gracekelly said:
a few months ago I found some little dried up things on the family room carpet. I had no idea what they were until last week when I found a couple in their live state. Lawn Shrimp!! Sounds crazy right? I couldn't identify the creature until I found a fairly live one. It was pink and looked just like a shrimp. I went on the internet and made the identification pretty easily. Turns out that this is a result of the heavy rains we had during the winter. They make their appearance in places other than the garden after weather like that.
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Lawn Shrrimp? Appearing as a result of heavy rains?

Sounds like Sharkanado!
 
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Pocketbook Pup said:
I could tell you stories of the bugs we encountered during our one year in Texas, but I don't want to bring the cafe mood down. Let's just say that the tarantula swimming in the pool was the least scary thing we encountered.

Sorry about the stress of the move rainneday. I'm sure it will all be worth it. Hope the beach break helped..
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I had tarantula in the kitchen shortly after we moved in! Scared the living daylights out of me. I wasn't brave at all. I think I used an entire can of bug spray on it. Years later i had another i the dining room. Why do they even want to come into the house? Used a can of spray on that one too!
 
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Cordeliere said:
Lawn Shrrimp? Appearing as a result of heavy rains?

Sounds like Sharkanado!
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Yes! It is rather scary at how many insects are related to crustaceans. There is another one that I dub the garden lobster because it looks so much like one. I leave it alone and just try to redirect its path if it is getting too close to the house. I don't know where in the evolutionary chain these things became separated from being insects as opposed sea creatures or vice versa. They say that whales were once land animals so there you have it!
 
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