Garden monsters
@sallypup (62900)
Centralia, Washington
July 21, 2017 6:22pm CST
Its a small monster and yet I get the heebie jeebies from this little guy more than most any other garden pest that I can think of.
A few small but good enough sized bell peppers are growing for me. I noticed there was the start of a brown spot on two of the peppers so I harvested them. I cut into one tonight, chopping it into my stir fry. I carefully cut away the bad spot, seeking a who did that? as I cut.
Oh Lordy. Out crawled an ear wig. My nightmare and also my foe. Guess the little nasty life had to eat just like I like to eat but hey, can't he live somewhere else? Such an ugly critter. The stuff of monster movies.
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@celticeagle (171550)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Jul 17
Ugly in deed. I was deathly afraid of them when I was child. Don't see any around here.
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@celticeagle (171550)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Jul 17
@sallypup ......They are small but rather intimidating looking.
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@sallypup (62900)
• Centralia, Washington
23 Jul 17
@celticeagle Quick and gruesome.
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@sallypup (62900)
• Centralia, Washington
22 Jul 17
@celticeagle I can see a kid being afraid of the mutts.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
22 Jul 17
I hate earwigs. They are creepy, I don´t know why
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@sallypup (62900)
• Centralia, Washington
22 Jul 17
@marguicha Probably cause they look primitive and have horns.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
22 Jul 17
@sallypup Yes. There were many in my daughter´s house and they had to fumigate them.
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@Tampa_girl7 (51491)
• United States
23 Jul 17
I don't think I've ever seen one. It sounds really gross.
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@sallypup (62900)
• Centralia, Washington
23 Jul 17
@Tampa_girl7 Its a hard shelled little Nasty.
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@andriaperry (118289)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Jul 17
I was chopping a green tomatoes to fry and seen a little worm, I discarded that whole section.
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@sallypup (62900)
• Centralia, Washington
22 Jul 17
@andriaperry I'm with you though I only cut out the brown area cause its a shame to toss out the whole harvest.
