And yes I solved my grub problem.

Enjoy the oppossums.

Had a few as well. One tunneled a den in my neighbors yard and we met regularly. Big rain washed him out. Neighbor never knew it was there. I leave them be.

The skunk encounter was much more tense. I did not move a muscle.

ursusguy said:

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Enjoy the oppossums.

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I love them.

SteveBott said:

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Had a few as well. One tunneled a den in my neighbors yard and we met regularly. Big rain washed him out. Neighbor never knew it was there. I leave them be.

The skunk encounter was much more tense. I did not move a muscle.

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They're a wonderful vector for typhus. My dentist had it a few years back, and the doc said 'possums are the main problem.
https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/murine/index.html

B-1 83 said:

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SteveBott said:

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Had a few as well. One tunneled a den in my neighbors yard and we met regularly. Big rain washed him out. Neighbor never knew it was there. I leave them be.

The skunk encounter was much more tense. I did not move a muscle.

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They're a wonderful vector for typhus. My dentist had it a few years back, and the doc said 'possums are the main problem.
https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/murine/index.html

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I wanted to try to play with the baby one in my tree so I read up online first to see if they carried diseases and didn't see this.

They can, but the main issue connecting humans is cats and rats.

Also saw my first yellow jacket flying this year. Spring is sprung

June bugs in the garage over the weekend and a couple of cranes flies out and about today.

Yep. Had one dive bomb me in a job site portajohn yesterday. Pissed EVERYWHERE trying to avoid getting stung on my dangly bits!

Well Texas bugs are back. 3 June bugs, 2 grasshoppers, 1 in the house the wife wanted removed, and some flying bug that landed on my neck.

Next 7 months they are in business as usual. Misquotes and flys up next.

My wife is ready to call an air strike on our house over a few yellow jackets.

She buys wasp spray 10 cans at a time and expects me to hose down our zip code

Our dog used to eat them like crazy too. I sw my first one of the year about a week ago here in waller county. Saw a couple more tonight but looks like we're gearing up. I like to leave the lights on at thw chicken coop late this time of year and let the birds have an evening snack.

Soon I'll have my local opossums ambling around my back porch eating them and we all sit at the window and watch them. Sometimes a coon comes up too.

I have not had a single pecan fall off my tree in 15 years. Granny had the same problem

Milky spore is a very effective and long lasting treatment for June bug grubs. After one year, I noticed probably a 90% decrease

It was really nice on the coast yesterday so I made the mistake of leaving the pool lights on after dark. Walked outside around 830 to enjoy a cold one and there were approximately 100 June bugs taking a swim. Won't be leaving the lights on after dark again anytime soon.

I could hear geese yesterday but never could see them. Ready for Spring/Summer.

Saw lots of snow birds migrating North on 37 this morning.

Bats tonight. Skunk dead in the street

Hah! My nine week and a half old pup just ate his first June bug. Actually two.

Also today a red tail hawk made a kill on my suburban street. The feather blow up was impressive. Pretty sure it was a dove. Hawks have actively hunted my street since last year.

Question? Have others seen a RT hawk fly under trees to stir up the roosters? This one flies low and blows up the roosters and tonight it's partner hangs high to drop on the prey. They got at least one.

Pretty interesting hunting tactic, but it worked

Now up to 4 bugs. They are good protein

They are in full force in Bastrop.

Definitely tangentially related, but how the heck do I get rid of an armadillo tearing up my beds while in a subdivision?!