There is a very small beetle that just loves to crawl through the glass window panes(at least I like to think it does that) It looks very much like a Lady Bug. only it is orange or salmon or beige, instead of red with spots I see them land on the windows, which are tightly closed and locked, and a couple hours later there they are on the inside of the window in practically the same place that they were on the outside of the window pane. I found out they do have a musky odor---same way Jeannie found out she can get stung. Phew what a STINK They seem to travel in pairs because if I see one there is another one not too far away They like to crawl up inside the pull-chain on my kitchen overhead light. Jeannie I had the same experience as you when I killed what looked like an ant --Black and shiny, crawling up the living room window I caught it with my left hand and squeezed...got stung. my husband said it was some kind of wasp. he put it under our kids microscope. what I thought was the feeler was the stinger. Jeane On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:04 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > Oddly enough, I used to just mash these devil bugs between two fingers > and never got a single blister...have had blisters from them , > though...Only bug or spider I ever had affect me from this easy bug > disposal method was a bug that looked like a boll weevil...Had kind of a > snout. When I mashed it I immediately felt pain in my fingers like it > used to feel when the dentist injected pain killing solution into my > gum..To me it's like being injected with concrete, but the 'concrete' is > PAIN! Never did find out about that one, but the pain went away and no > fingers fell off, so I still mash bugs if I can't get my hand on > something to swat them with. I DO look at them closely first....Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:53:39 -0600 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > > When growing up in San Saba, we had what we called Blister Bugs.. slim, > gray varmints that would leave such a blister on the skin.. they didn't > sting, or hurt, but left a serious blister... Don't know why they were > so prevalent around SS but have never seen one in the Austin area... > ____________________________________________________________ > Scholarships for Moms > Grant Funding May Be Available to Those Who Qualify! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d58bcd4e258d1ff6am06duc > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique. Anonymous Watch your thoughts: they become words. Watch your words: they become actions.Watch your actions: they become habits. Watch your habits: they become your character. Watch your character: it becomes your destiny.______Francis Outlaw