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Ick

Posted on June 12, 2020June 12, 2020

Living in the country seems idyllic. I mean, great views, wide open spaces, fresh air, what’s not to like?

Well…

For me…

I think the thing that grosses me out the most… are those wonderful little things called miller moths. Right now, my house has a pleasantly intense infestation.

That means that at night, when you turn on a light, the millers come out and fly into the light of your computer or tv or lamp, over and over, and you can’t but help wish they’d beat their own little brains out on the lamp shades.

I set miller traps. Place a lamp over a soapy bucket of water and, hopefully, as they’re attracted to the light, they fly into the soapy water and drown.

My other technique is my little vacuum. I can visit each window in my house as the sun sets and the millers are attracted to the fading light and suck up each little puppy. It’s gross. It’s perfectly icky.

I’m not sure why they don’t fly around during daylight hours. That’s the time they choose to hide in your discarded long sleeve shirt, or towels, or blankets, or under pillows.

My nightlights are disabled. My bedtime reading is shortened if not nonexistent. My tv has two millers crawling across the screen as I type. I’ve shut off rooms and the cross air flow I might have gained to cool off my house in favor of blocking the access of each room’s miller count added to the living areas.

It’s just gross.

The only good thing is they don’t make the irritating hum like mosquitoes.

But still… they are just… ICK.

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6 thoughts on “Ick”

  1. Joanne says:
    June 15, 2020 at 11:16 AM

    Oh yes. ICK indeed. Thankfully we don’t have this problem in Middle England. But wasps and bees have at times decide to ‘live’ in our shed, garage or acer tree. Not nice.

    Reply
  2. Jean says:
    June 13, 2020 at 4:20 PM

    I remember them, but not as a plague. Have their numbers increased over the last few decades?

    Reply
  3. Marilyn says:
    June 13, 2020 at 10:35 AM

    My goodness, I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this – especially indoors. Good luck with your clever ways to eradicate them.

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  4. Yeoman says:
    June 13, 2020 at 7:15 AM

    The moths have been horrible this year.

    Well, the last several years. But this year, they’re so bad I’ve simply gotten used to them.

    Reply
  5. Holly Smothers says:
    June 13, 2020 at 6:25 AM

    And I absolutely hated the grey dusty powder they leave on everything they touch. – and that fluttery-thing they do when they brush up against you – double ICK!

    Reply
  6. ginger busta says:
    June 13, 2020 at 6:01 AM

    I just would not like them flying around me. It is spiders that make my skin crawl.

    Reply

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Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on a Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherd, Bravo, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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