(Look closely-there are several attached to the screen and others crawling around)
Grasshoppers. I am mildly afraid and deathly grossed out by grasshoppers. I don't know why they freak me out so much but they do. They have no sense of personal space and they are the only bug I know of that aren't afraid of you and they jump on you and at you constantly.
There is a field in our backyard that leads to the city library. I enjoy walking to the library but had to quit this summer because the field is infested with grasshoppers. One day I braved walking across there and they were jumping everywhere on me and the last straw was when one jumped on Carter. I thought someone would find our bodies being eaten by killer grasshoppers. I will NOT walk that way again. I will take the road that is 10 times longer from now on. And these suckers are HUGE by the way.
Well today I am in basement and I keep hearing these thuds against the windows.....grasshopper galore! They are everywhere in the window wells outside. Then I go upstairs to hear the same thing against the upstairs windows. And on my screen door out back this is what I see.........
This MASSIVE grasshopper was trying to get me. It attacked the screen and lost its life. But the point is, do these monsters know I am afraid of them and so they are going to make me pay? Do they know Neil is at work and now is their best time for attack? This is only one grasshopper but they are stuck in more than half of my screens around the house and there are small colonies set up on my back porch. I can't even go outside today-they are everywhere.............
And Neil really isn't much help-He thinks I am being dumb for being afraid. But if you could see how they have all migrated from the field into my yard, onto my porch, onto my screens........they will not rest until they are in my house!
Now I cannot wait until winter when grasshoppers are no longer around. Am I the only one terribly afraid of grasshoppers?
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
My Worst Nightmare.........
Posted by Amanda at 2:19 PM
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I don't even know if I've ever seen a grasshopper up here in Seattle, so I can't say I share the same fear. But if they invade personal space and privacy, I too would not like them. I remember them from growing up, but this colony that is surrounding your house sounds like they are on a suicide mission to take over your life. I assume they can smell fear and have attached onto your house like leeches. I pray that winter hits Logan soon for your sanity, as well as your safety.
My fear is spiders and I would rather be alone with any ferocious beast over a spider. They are tiny and can hide anywhere and can crawl quicker than anything else I know. They are disgusting and I think I hate them as much as you do grasshoppers. Best of luck!
I can't help but think of "A Bug's Life" maybe you should put up decoy birds around the house.
Well I have to say grasshoppers don't scare me unless there are a ton of them. But please don't wish for winter because once it starts here it seems like it never ends!
You are not alone...grasshoppers have always freaked me out as well. My older bro used to chase us and stick them down our shirts when we were little. Let's just say I am scarred for life and I don't blame you one bit for avoiding them!
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