Re: Pride goeth before a fall

          
          <<Yesterday afternoon I found (and killed) a Japanese beetle 
          in my garden at work.  (To refresh your memory ... I'm the 
          one who said a very few days ago that I had not seen one 
          this season.>>
          
          Yes, and I'm the one who last week said I can't touch
          the asiatic garden beetles yet. 
          
          Apparently, they read this list and KNOW I can't bring 
          myself to touch them -- because they now are on the kitchen 
          walls and sink. Last night I put down a glass of wine, when 
          I returned, there was an asiatic beetle, swimming away. I 
          left him there to drown. HA!
          
          Which leads me to a story that is totally off topic. My 
          sister spent some time running a research station off the 
          Rio Negro, which is off the Amazon, totally out of reach of 
          civilization. (They ran the generator 1 hour a day for 
          electricity, washed the clothes in the river, and had to 
          travel 10+ hours by canoe and helicopter to reach a satelite 
          phone, etc) Anyway, she became very comfortable with all 
          manner of bugs. She calls any critters swimming in a glass 
          her "drinking companions" and then downs it.
          
          Laurie
          Medford, MA
          zone 6
          
          
          

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