Bugs.

I do not like bugs.  Ok ok-- some bugs are tolerable like ladybugs, butterflies, dragonflies, and rolly pollies.  But most bugs freak me out, particularly spiders.
Wouldn't you know it, right before we leave for southern California last week, I spot this just off of our porch.

These two spiders are gigantic and quite evil looking.  I'm definitely not too sure what God had in mind here, except perhaps something along the lines of "HA!  Revenge..".  Yeah, I don't know.  But we were already running late so we figured we would deal with them when we got back from LA.

We were hanging out at our friends' house on our last day in so Cal.  One of the girls asked my mom, "Aunt Katie, is that a nail on the ceiling?".  And that's where it all began.  My Aunt Daisy attacked the "nail" with a Swiffer.  Can you see where this is going?  The "nail" was alive.

My mom picked it up with a tissue and inspected it when it began to twitch and spaz out.  We got pretty close to it and tried to figure out what it was.  I must admit it was pretty interesting looking.  It had claw-like features on both ends of its body and skin that looked like scales.  At first, I was convinced it was a freakishly small reptile.  Well, Moorea was brave enough to take the beast and put it outside.  But, not before I got a picture-- just for the blog (and the insane memory).

NOTE: this is the taquito bag.  Yes, I'm serious.

This thing moved moved from the front and the back and the claws were freaky.  We started Googling.  Aunt Daisy started with "worm that looks like a twig" and immediately found our intruder.  Technically just a moth larvae (seriously, an ordinary caterpillar inchworm) this worm is shockingly common and has an incredible resemblance to a twig.

When we got home, our eight-legged "friend" was still hanging out, minus his buddy.  Goodness knows what happened to the other guy but my guess is he got eaten.  And, even a week later, the big guy is still out there.  Dad keeps saying he'll move it but I think we're all a little freaked out to even approach the thing.  Mom poked the web with a stick and instead of running like a normal spider, he tried to attack the stick.  And this thing is living outside of my house.  Wonderful.

"It's a dirty free-for-all" --Ke$ha