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Old 10-09-2007, 09:30 AM
 
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I'm moving to Houston in three weeks and although I have visited,I am not familiar with the lifestyle of the area. Are the bugs bad?? I hate bugs so much and I want to be as prepared as I can be. Also, what is the city like? I am coming from Portland, Maine. Will I hate it?
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Old 10-09-2007, 09:47 AM
 
Location: where nothin ever grows. no rain or rivers flow, TX
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Take it like a man. Prepare to downgrade your definition of fun and exciting and beautiful. you might hate it, so don't make any commitments
bugs come and go. we absolutely do not have bugs these days and I haven't applied any insecticide.
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Old 10-09-2007, 10:14 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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Living nearly my whole life here, I've seen these bugs:

Gnats
Love bugs
Fire ants
"Sugar" ants (non-stinging)
House Flies (and maggots)
little green flies with clear wings
Horse flies
Mosquitos
Crane flies
Dragonflies
Grasshoppers
Crickets
June bugs
Water beetles
Leaf-foot beetles
Stink beetles
Cottonwood borers
Stag beetles
Roaches (small, medium, large, and 3-inchers that fly!)
Honey bees
Bumble bees
Red wasps
Black wasps (mud daubers)
Yellow Jackets/hornets
Brown moths
Butterflies
Caterpillars/larva
Silverfish
Earwigs
Brown house spiders
Crab spiders
Brown recluse & black widow spiders (poisonous)
Tarantulas (small, <2 inches across)

You'll see all of the above, but they won't be en masse, except for maybe gnats, love bugs, mosquitos and June bugs depending on the time of year. Dragonflies were pretty heavy on the SE side this year and that is always a very good thing.

Deeper into Texas you'll see all of those, even more bugs, snakes and scorpions. Although Houston has a few snakes, mostly harmless grass or bull-nose snakes. They are your toad, lizard, gecko and frog eaters... and we have plenty of those too!

It's safe to say the vast majority of Texans who have lived here awhile have been stung really bad by fire ants, which can be viscious if you step in them... as well as stung by a bee/wasp/hornet at least once or twice.

And someone please let me know if I've forgotten any ''bugs'' above.
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Old 10-09-2007, 10:49 AM
 
Location: where nothin ever grows. no rain or rivers flow, TX
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you forgot aphids and these types that suck the life out of my doomed plants.
snails, leeches.
those loud ones from new orleans
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Old 10-09-2007, 10:56 AM
 
Location: CO
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Originally from New England myself, I would say the summer heat will be an adjustment for you. We moved over from Florida, so I had some experience with it already.

The bug life is way different in the south. The ants are really really mean and the winters don't kill or send away much. And, they've got some really big, Texas-sized mosquitos here : o

Miss the seasons, but lifes a journey, right.
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Old 10-09-2007, 08:31 PM
 
Location: SanAnFortWAbiHoustoDalCentral, Texas
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The only bugs that are really gonna bug you are going to be the water bugs... like GIANT cockroaches, and they fly... in your face.

Go to the Home Depot bug section, get some powdered boric acid, spread around in cabinets, behind the fridge and range and in/on other cracks, but not where animals or kids can slurp it up. The roaches love the stuff, then they explode....

Almost as good as feeding Tabasco to mosquitoes.
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Old 10-09-2007, 08:59 PM
 
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There is a lots of bugs, a many of them seem a lot bigger than in other places. You will just have to get used to it.
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Old 10-10-2007, 01:57 AM
 
Location: Redondo Beach Ca
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can you please honestly tell me if those repulsive 3 inches roaches really fly in your face? are there like lots and lots just flying by.... like if you go to the store, there just flying?
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Old 10-10-2007, 05:42 AM
 
Location: Buda, Texas
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no, roaches aren't just out flying around. You hardly ever see them.
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Old 10-10-2007, 05:55 AM
 
Location: Buda, Texas
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You really should visit awhile before you make a decision to move. Some people love it here, others hate it. Maine is a whole different way of life. You may suffer from culture shock. You won't be happy unless this is something you want to do.
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