Tag Archives: insects
Goodbye dry season
Every morning my eyes popped open to the same sun-soaked, chirp-filled backdrop of palm and cedar trees. Not that I’m complaining. It’s hard to imagine a better alarm clock. Sun-shy, I wished, to little avail, for a few clouds during … Continue reading
Posted in Costa Rica, Life, Life abroad, Retirement abroad, Rural Living
Tagged electricity blackouts, gnats, Gulf of Nicoya, insects, June bugs, spiders, termites, The dry season
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Tiny Terrorists with Teeth
Last year, during the rainy season, I seemed to wake up every morning with some new bite on my boob, in my armpit, behind my knee, or in some equally delicate and completely unscratchable area on my torso. It’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Costa Rica, Life, Life abroad, Rural Living
Tagged ant, chigger, drain fly, fruit fly, gnat, insects, midge, no-see-um, rainy season, rural Costa Rica, spiders
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Spiders and beetles and toads, oh my
Like many women I know, I hate insects. If I were in South Philly, I’d say they skeeve me- or I skeeve them- I’ve never been sure of the exact usage. Insects can turn me into a raving lunatic, a … Continue reading
Posted in Costa Rica, Gardening, Life
Tagged beetles, insects, June bugs, leaf cutters, lizzards, pesticides, rainy season, spiders, toads
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