Texas ants come in many sizes and hues. There are little red-brown ants that gravitate to the bathrooms and kitchen (found most often in the pANTry). There are small, rotund black ones that snake across the patio and up the side of the addition.
There are medium-sized red ones and black ones shuttling down the trunk of a backyard tree like bonbons on a conveyor belt. And then there are the giANT, half-inch long ones. Euuuw. I found one of these in the bathtub and called PK over. He toyed with the giANT briefly before turning tail.
PK has been more helpful hunting larger bugs. I can no longer deny the presence of roaches. He's left dead ones in the hall and even brought one to bed, deposited on Mike's side, perhaps as a gesture of male bonding.
But PK walked right past this one. We think it's a baby tarantula. It's also THE reason I no longer walk around the house barefoot.
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When I visited family this summer in rural Oklahoma, not too far north of you, my sis-in-law was hypervigilant in her look-out for the brown recluse spider which is quite common in her area, and can do some damage. I'm not saying thats what was under your glass, but you may want to be aware of them, if they are in your area...
Welcome to the South! Land of hospitality, big hair, big boobs, and BIG BUGS (pronounced buhhh-gs.)
One of these days, ask the natives about Texas Tze-tze flies. They're a mosquito the size of a small bird. Legend has it, they've been known to carry away small babies.
Seriously, though, aren't you glad you have PK?
I am glad PK is a great hunter. He pretty much wiped out the cricket population in my parents' house after we moved in. He also took out several water beetles, roaches and a gigantic black widow (which he did not, per usual, eat).
I'll keep an eye out for brown recluses. If bugs enter MY habitat, I have few qualms about killing them. Mike's more of a capture/release outside kind of fellow, so critter disposal is often delegated to him. Thank heavens we've had no more spiders that large...
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