Deer ked - Lipoptena cervi

[mnoble485]

Timely post, the Mrs. and I just got back to daughter and son in laws cabin in Magee Valley, N.C. yesterday. After getting settled in the wife says”I think I found a tick on the wall”. I go and find a ladybug and she immediately sings “ Ladybug Ladybug...”. I looked up the origins of the song, pretty dark, as are many childhood rhymes.

Mike

[rwsaunders]

Those damned Murder Hornets have my full and undivided attention.

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-...-and-globally/

[marley]

Have any of you Southerners* seen the tRump caterpillar?

Move over murder hornets. The next end times plague is upon us. Venomous hairy caterpillars have been spotted in Virginia.

https://granitegrok.com/blog/2020/10...ed-in-virginia



*for a true eastern Masshole this would be anyone living below the Mass Pike