[PineHallGirl]

[quote=pabear;7345705]

Originally Posted by FourWands

Vermont has had a few black widows turn up in the last few years as well. QUOTE]


Really? What other creepy crawlers do you house up there? Any Rattlers? I dislike snakes just about as much as spiders. Here in PA we have a black fuzzy spider that can see you coming from a mile away and they jump. They also build a mud nest. I am not sure what the name of this particular spider is... we are not on a first name basis. I'm getting goosebumps just typing about them

PaBear....You would have collapsed if you saw the spiders I had in my horse barn in Bethel, Vermont. I recoiled... and then inspected these creatures...never saw anything like them. Actually quite a specimen, HUGE bodies with striped legs...the size of a childs hand. I came upon them when I came out to the barn at night to check on my mare. Several of them just hanging out on the wood. I will never forget it...I always thought WINTER KILL did just that. LOL!! I live in Michigan, and have never seen spiders that big. OMG!...I'm getting scared now...But, one of God's creatures I really do try to respect...omg...omg..omg!

[OhBeeHave]

[quote=pabear;7345705]

Originally Posted by FourWands

Vermont has had a few black widows turn up in the last few years as well. QUOTE]


Really? What other creepy crawlers do you house up there? Any Rattlers? I dislike snakes just about as much as spiders. Here in PA we have a black fuzzy spider that can see you coming from a mile away and they jump. They also build a mud nest. I am not sure what the name of this particular spider is... we are not on a first name basis. I'm getting goosebumps just typing about them

*Mental note to self: stay away from black, fuzzy, mud nest building, spiders!

[pabear]

They are the worst I have come across so far! There goes the goosebumps again I don't know though, that Wolf Spider sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. I had a mud nest on one of my windows here a couple of years ago. I though it was a wasp or hornet nest so I got a stick and broke it open to spray it with wasp spray....much to my blood curdling surprise...it was hundreds of tiny black spiders Scarred me for life! Since then I have noticed nests in pavilions, on park benches, ect. Guess they were here before us

[unconscious]

Originally Posted by veggieck

Someone please tell me how bad the black bugs are in Vermont? Right now I live in an area where the green heads and mosquitos are so bad that it's impossible to work in the yard, take a walk, or do anything outside no matter what you're wearing or what insect repellent you have on. We spend our spring/summers in a screened in porch. We're looking for an area where we can enjoy our yard and outdoor activities. Is it a regional thing in Vermont? Are the bugs so bad that it'll force you inside? I thought Vermont would be great for outdoor activities in the summer but, it there's a massive bug issue, I guess not.

they dont force u inside they kind of carry u in.set ya down in your easy chair get ya a beer & when your numb then they feast....

[unconscious]

go to lake champlain when the mayflies are out get a fast boat....go 100yrds as fast as possible holding mouth open.at the end of 100yrds count how many mayflies you were able to catch then multiply x 1000 & thats how many mayflies per square inch.i allways mess up i cant figure out how many were swallowed?

[unconscious]

i like no see ums the best.u dont see them so they dont bother u as much.i like the way they bite around the eyes.yup nothin quit like a day in the woods with the noseeums a very nice family. uve just got to enjoy the horse flies?fast hard painfull bites.a day at kibbie brooks farm swimming deer & hores flies.it just dont get any better than good old vt bugs love & enjoy everyone.and dont forget to feed them for criing out loud.

[Bubblez5817]

Vermont bugs can be bad, but not as bad as people make it sound. There are spiders, ants, mosquitos, wasps and flies. But don't most places have those? You should see New Mexico bugs. Some of the not so icky animals are dragonflies, butterflys, birds, bumble bees and of course, fireflys. They are so amazing. I've also seen bald eagles there. I highly recommend visiting. :-)

[aranya]

Just a quick question: are Blackflies and Mayflies the same? I read that mayflies are totally harmless...
The Almost Official Mayfly Page
Well then it must be Blackflies that are chewing me up.
And no, Four Wands, no-see-ums are not the same, they are so tiny you cannot see them - that much I figured out...

[popeels2you]

There is a nice condo waiting for you in Bergen County, NJ complete with an exterminator contract to spray poisons all over the place.... This is Vermont a rural state with Moose, Bear, Coyotes, snakes, spiders and BUGS!

Oh I forgot we also have lyme disease brought here from NJ, MA, NYC on the dogs they carted along!

[OhBeeHave]

You do realize that Lyme disease is named for a town in the New England state of CT, don't you?

from the Lyme Disease Foundation:

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[SIZE=-1]In 1970, for the first time, an incidence of EM known with certainty to have been acquired in the United States was reported by Rudolph Scrimenti, who diagnosed and treated a patient who had been bitten by a tick while hunting grouse in Wisconsin and acquired the disease.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In 1976, the first US case of clustering of this disease was reported by researchers at the Naval Submarine Medical in Southwestern Connecticut.[/SIZE]
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Funny, but I don't see NJ, MA or NYC as the origin for the disease. Besides, the north east is loaded with mice and deer -- upon which the deer tick feeds and rides.