"Lynda LeCompte" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:30:27 GMT, Shell wrote:

We not only have the German/American roches, there are the monster
palmetto
bugs and Asian roaches here in Houston.

Oooh, and don't I know it.
/shudders

The worst thing I came across in England was the occassional large house
spider. I think I'm hardening up to the monster bugs here in Houston now
as
I don't shriek as loudly as when I first saw them. That was in the
apartment I just moved from. You could hear the monsters scuttling and I
got super fast with grabbing a glass and capturing them before spraying
Raid through a crack at the bottom. One time doing this action, I wasn't
quite center and actually popped a pregnant spider and had zillions of
babies running everywhere. I was bashing them with my son's shoe, he was
freaking 'cus I was using his shoe (not on his foot - lol!). Oh, it was a
scene.

Before we moved into this house, we set off a bunch of bug bombs and apart
from a couple of dozy yellow jackets that I think came from the attic,
I've
yet to see anything else alive...
/end of threadjack
--
Lynda

LOL We have the big wolf spiders. I'm very handy with a flyswatter, rolled
up newspaper, magazine, shoe, whatever is handy Best thing in the world
are the bug bomb foggers. We usually go on a short weekend trip and set a
bunch off. Haven't seen any yellow jackets around just two or three species
of wasps and the occaisional bee. We have a creek/ditch behind our house
and a pasture with a couple of horses, our biggest worry is snakes which get
inside sometimes (the babies) and boy are they fast. We've had centipedes
inside though (yuck)

Shell