[Sweetbottoms]

Originally Posted by bonitarose

what bugs/critters should i be worried about in/around an oceanfront home?
we're considering getting an oceanfront home in ormond beach.

we're fr the midwest.. so i know there will be more bugs and we will hv pay exterminators monthly, but plse let me know what else we shud be concerned about

snakes in the toilet? really?
lizards?
spiders?
lots of mosquitoes in the summer by the ocean or no?
sand flies?

we'll be in ormond beach if we decide to move forward.

I've had frogs come up my toilet once.. Lizards are everywhere so are spiders.. Lots of mosquitoes are everywhere too... Sand fleas are on the beach and so are horse flies.. I live minutes to the beach and we have all the same bugs as the everglades with the same intensity

[Mojave82]

I lived in No Florida for some time and visit quite often. North Florida is nothing but bugs and critters. Everything from turtles, deer, possum, squirls and a host of other things are road kill every morning. Never seen so much.

The "No See Ums" are the worst, along with the ants and yes its all year around. I think its far less in the Winter (If you can call it Winter) Only relief is when the wind is blowing or when its raining. But as soon as it stops, its like Noahs Arc unloading. Critters and bugs attempt to reclaim everything.

To be honest with you. Florida sux for 6 months out of the year. Best months are Nov-April, rest of the time is nothing but Heat, Humidity, bugs and roadkill.

[Rabflmom]

Originally Posted by Sweetbottoms

I've had frogs come up my toilet once.. Lizards are everywhere so are spiders.. Lots of mosquitoes are everywhere too... Sand fleas are on the beach and so are horse flies.. I live minutes to the beach and we have all the same bugs as the everglades with the same intensity

We had a frog in the bathroom once, too.....Scared me. People have had snakes in their toilets, too.

[FloridaKash]

Lots of mosquitoes... especially after heavy rains.

I have seen 4 black racers on my property in the two years I have lived in Florida.

Fleas were really bad this spring due to the dry and warm spring/winter.

Everything else I have no problem with. I spray my house and lawn.

[BECLAZONE]

I met someone that got bitten on the back of her neck, by a bug, whilst in Florida. She got some kind of sleeping sickness and nearly died, actually the Hospital staff had pronounced her dead, but she came back. That was a shock for everyone concerned, especially her Husband, that had just been told he was too late, on arrival at the Hospital.

[TXRyan23]

I always hated the Wolf Spiders that were abundant when I lived virtually anywhere in the state. The thing that got me the most about them was how smart they were, when you'd step forward, they'd go back, when you'd throw something at them, they'd jump out of the way.. the fact that they're as big as a softball is frightening to me, I could live with snakes before I could spiders..