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Star Borne
Earth’s Extraterrestrial History
Assassin Bug Nymph
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Somewhere I’d heard that bright red bugs should be avoided at all costs, promising serious pain from bites or stings. In the case of the Cow Killer wasp this was definitely true, so when I happened upon another vividly colored …
Posted in Insects, Nature
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Long-legged House Centipede
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It simply amazes me how many southern bugs are nasty. Bugs in the South are bigger and they all seem to either bite or sting and it’s never just a little pinch. Our one acre had produced scorpions, assassin bugs, …
The Girl Who Plays With Toads
A question was posted in a writer’s forum, “How did you play with your toys as a kid?” The writer who posted the question answered first, sharing that he played with his Star Wars toys by telling stories with them, …
Posted in Animals, Books, Entertainment, Insects, Nature, Plants
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Spiders vs. Mosquitoes — Be Very Afraid
Arachnophobia is the intense fear of spiders, one where the fear factor is greater than the risk of actually being harmed, and it’s one of the top ten phobias in the world, but here’s the thing — your risk of …
Posted in Body Business, Books, Entertainment, Insects, Nature, Stickies
Tagged afraid of spiders, arachnophobia, audio book, audiobook, brain disease, brain illness, brain injury, brain sickness, broken butterfly, diseases from mosquitoes, diseases from mosquitos, fear factor, fear of spiders, hate mosquitoes, hate mosquitos, hate spiders, inspiration, inspirational, karin finell, mosquito, mosquito diseases, mosquitoes, mosquitos, scared of spiders, spider, spiders, stephanie finell, true story
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Noah’s Ark — It Just Keeps Raining
Every day my husband asks, “Is it ever going to stop raining?” It just keeps on raining, day after day, with thunder and lightning and torrential rains. This is the type of weather that causes lakes and rivers to flood, …
Posted in Animals, Deep Thoughts, Insects, Nature, Plants
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