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Shelly > October 9, 2008 C'mon in. The Water's Fine. Maybe today will be a productive day. After all, I had my POD by 3:00 am. The dog woke us up in the night and we let her out where she proceeded to chase this guy into the pool. It's proven to be a great method of armadillo catching for us in the past too. If it hadn't been 3:00, we would have put him into a crate for relocation, but instead we let him go. When we got him out he shook off like a cat, wandered in circles a bit, bumped into the patio table (they have very poor eyesight) and finally ran off. He'll be back to dig up my flower beds tonight, I'm sure. For those of you who have only seen these guys dead and upside down on the side of the road here's proof that living armadillos really do exist. Surprisingly they are very good swimmers too.
Shelly > November 19, 2007 The Stuff of Nightmares. Reminds me of Tremors but smaller. I had a conversation with God today. Told him, "Far be it from me to criticize something that You have done, but I think You really messed up when You made these." I like Him. . . we can have talks like that, because he loves me and he understands the way I think. We still talk with a capital Y for You and a capital H for Him out of respect, but He said that the Thee and Thou stuff could go by the wayside. Anyway, He said that He really did know what He was doing the day He made these guys, and that He'd explain it all later. For now, though, I would have to wait. This saga all started yesterday after big rains. I had gone out on the patio, and because I'm rather fond of earthworms and the work they do, I picked a few up and flung them back into the grass. Also noticed a few of these funny "earthworms" with specialized shovel noses. At first I couldn't tell if they were tiny snakes or worms, but watched them move and decided that they were worms. The photos don't show it too well, but they sometimes look striped lengthwise. Then it got interesting. One of the earthworms I tossed didn't make it to the grass. He landed touching one of the shovelnose worms, and I have never seen a more violent fight. They tangled up with each other and it looked like fighting rubber bands. I really felt bad for that earthworm and decided to find out what these predators were. Please don't get the idea that I have a worm infested patio and that you'll never join me for a backyard barbeque again. There are really just a few of these and I've never seen them before. Hopefully, they'll go away very soon. At first I couldn't find any answers . . . then I started finding words I remembered from high school and college biology classes. Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Cestoda and Planeria. Turns out this is a "Land Planaria" They were inadverdently imported from Indo-China with foliage plants as early as 1901. While aside from causing shock and upset stomach when a gardener finds them, they supposedly are not harmful to humans. Still, they don't do anything beneficial. All they do is eat earthworms. I found only one spot treatment . . . spraying them with orange oil, and I need to do a little more research on orange oil and how to use it. This morning I went outside and there were more on the patio. I have declared war. Because they're mucose-y critters like slugs I chased down quite a few and salted them. It seemed to work on the ones I could find, but I don't think this will do the trick. Looking for a better solution and I have calls out to the extension agent and my Master Gardener friends -- and now to the gardening pros at the Houston Chronicle. These guys are NOT welcome in my yard. YUCCCH
October 9, 2008

C'mon in. The Water's Fine.

Maybe today will be a productive day. After all, I had my POD by 3:00 am.

The dog woke us up in the night and we let her out where she proceeded to chase this guy into the pool. It's proven to be a great method of armadillo catching for us in the past too.

If it hadn't been 3:00, we would have put him into a crate for relocation, but instead we let him go. When we got him out he shook off like a cat, wandered in circles a bit, bumped into the patio table (they have very poor eyesight) and finally ran off.

He'll be back to dig up my flower beds tonight, I'm sure.

For those of you who have only seen these guys dead and upside down on the side of the road here's proof that living armadillos really do exist. Surprisingly they are very good swimmers too.
Shelly > October 9, 2008 C'mon in. The Water's Fine. Maybe today will be a productive day. After all, I had my POD by 3:00 am. The dog woke us up in the night and we let her out where she proceeded to chase this guy into the pool. It's proven to be a great method of armadillo catching for us in the past too. If it hadn't been 3:00, we would have put him into a crate for relocation, but instead we let him go. When we got him out he shook off like a cat, wandered in circles a bit, bumped into the patio table (they have very poor eyesight) and finally ran off. He'll be back to dig up my flower beds tonight, I'm sure. For those of you who have only seen these guys dead and upside down on the side of the road here's proof that living armadillos really do exist. Surprisingly they are very good swimmers too.
October 9, 2008

C'mon in. The Water's Fine.

Maybe today will be a productive day. After all, I had my POD by 3:00 am.

The dog woke us up in the night and we let her out where she proceeded to chase this guy into the pool. It's proven to be a great method of armadillo catching for us in the past too.

If it hadn't been 3:00, we would have put him into a crate for relocation, but instead we let him go. When we got him out he shook off like a cat, wandered in circles a bit, bumped into the patio table (they have very poor eyesight) and finally ran off.

He'll be back to dig up my flower beds tonight, I'm sure.

For those of you who have only seen these guys dead and upside down on the side of the road here's proof that living armadillos really do exist. Surprisingly they are very good swimmers too.
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