We were supposed to get hard frost here by late October. We still haven't gotten a hard frost. It's been raining here for days. That should have been some snow in there, the taste of winter. Some of this is not aesthetic. When the hard frost comes, the ticks die. They're gone for the next six months. I go for a walk in the woods every day and every day I find them crawling on me at night. Sometimes when I'm in bed, I scratch my hip and realize a tick has dug itself in. Hateful little buggers. The bites itch for weeks. And of course there's Lyme's to worry about. Hateful global warming.
Its not new.
We've had a few hard frosts, 100 miles north.
Which reminds me, of what use is the mosquito? How do they in any way contribute to the planet? We all know the harm they do as carriers of bad disease, not to mention the annoyance of bites alone.
If there is a G-D, what was G-D thinking?
Mosquitoes play an integral role in the food chain–particularly in their larval, aquatic stage–for fish and birds. They also are pollinators.
Damn sustainability. The modern conundrum.
How can we consider reducing the number of cars built, bought, used in America?
A 5% decline in the number of cars results in net loss for Detroit.
speaking of walks in the woods, i hope things worked out w your pooch. mine has suffered four bouts of something or other, vets dont know, i think it's a parasite, but everytime his weight gets right he stops eating and loses about 20%. right now back healthy and eating a new formula like the hound he is.
The larval stage huh? Just not part of the food chain for other species after they fly out?