I think that most things in our world have a purpose. Forests and mountains and oceans all have a reason to exist. Animals populate the Earth and give us much joy. Even insects have purpose in many ways. They nourish the soil and pollinate the flowers and become food for other species of animals. But there are two forms of insects that I don’t see any reason for: flies and mosquitoes.
These two insects are everywhere. I can’t seem to go anywhere without getting bitten by mosquitoes. Those welts are so itchy and sometimes painful. The flies are so annoying when they buzz around me and land on me no matter where I am.
For some reason the flies seem to have a survival instinct. We bought some of those fly strips in the grocery store the other day to try to cut down on the fly population. We hung them up in different locations where we have seen many flying insects. The insects are still flying around and the bug strips are untouched. How do they know that the strips are there to catch them?
My husband has several methods to rid us of these two pests. He is deadly with a fly swatter, though the flies seem to be moving too fast these days. He uses bug spray to fog the areas where the insects seem to congregate. The bug strips that I mentioned above. Every month we have a professional bug spraying done all around the house. Wouldn’t you think that these methods would rid us of every bug? Oh, one more method, he makes sure that there are no puddles in the yard. Mosquitoes will breed in any water source. If there is a puddle from rain water he will take a broom and brush all the water out until it is dry.
Maybe I’ll have to start using bug repellant all the time. Or carry a fly swatter with me.