I see a flower on the left. No bugs.

Ditto on the flower. Hm? Looks like a morning glory

Nothing on my left. A picture of people picking raspberries on the right. Not creepy at all.

Oh! I see it now! You mean the Japanese beetles all over the rose blooms. Yes. Creepy! So glad I am not picking those stinky things off of any plants.

Further on down, a photo of Japanese Beetles. Creepy, yes, but I did click on them thinking that I would find a photo of 'one' instead of that 'family'. Fortunately, I don't or haven't seen any in my garden. And, I followed one of those kinds of photo's to find out that Cucumber (slices or peels or waste) put onto an aluminum foil pan will make bugs go away. Did it....don't know if it worked, but the particular bug (stink bug on raspberries) hasn't been noticed lately. SO.... maybe someone is learning from those 'clicks'

PS..... and, Anne Salsa really is the best. Leave out the sugar and freeze instead of canning, but last year I did half a batch and canned it. OHMYGOSH.... it was good.

Nanny, I don't can anything, but I was wondering if it could be frozen.

I have only partial morning glories on this page

What a dope I am!! Yes, the picture is on the right. I'm not at my best in the earlier morning. :( I just hate having that thing in my vision as I scroll down.

Speaking of Morning Glories, I suddenly have them growing in my vegetable bed and there are none around me--I guess a bird must have dropped. I hope they're not as difficult to eradicate as bermuda grass!

The morning glory weed here on the West Coast is also called "tangle weed" and it strangles the things it grows on. Wonder if it is the same.

First time freezing, Jaz.... can't imagine why not and I sort of thought the use of sugar in it was for preserving purpose and it is great without the sweetness. Gotta "do" something with all these tomatoes.

I see nothing on the left. On the right I see a picture of three people with a hoe. Below that is a picture of a calendar (in orange) that says Calendar of Events. IDK

I see the Japanese Beetles on my right. The picture doesn't bother me because I see them in real life every day, either in pairs on the beans or in clumps like that on the roses.

The picture is there because it links to information about dealing with them.

The morning glories are in the background and will be overwritten by other panels you have showing. For example, I have only a small part of the morning glory to the left of the gardenweb panel because I keep my list of favorites showing at left. If I'd minimize this, I'd see more of the background. Also, I have a wide screen monitor. If you have the older 4 to 3 ratio screen, you'll see less of the background.

Just grab the right border of the screen with the mouse, and drag it left toward the text till you can't see the bugs. Glad that puking cat has moved on too.

I don't have any photos on my screen and I have Ravencajun to thank since I followed her suggestion to install Adblock plus.
Every now and then I'll discover a photo on the right and I click my Adblock and block it.

What morning glories? I swear I must be on a different planet.

Woo-hoo! I never thought Adblock would get rid of it since it's not really an ad, but it did!! Thanks, MarieCate!

Dedtired, maybe you have blocked all the images; when I 'adblocked' the beetle picture, the morning glories disappeared too.

Nanny, I'll bet that's what I now have. Dang. Is it dig-able? The bermuda grass is not.

OF--Huh, I wasn't able to drag the pic anywhere that it would stay. This is even better!

Thanks for the suggestions, Jemdandy.

Alisande, if I saw those suckers every day I'd never go out! They really give me the heeby-jeebies.

Sjerin, I felt as you do when I lived in the city. I may have taken it a step further . . . looking back, I was really neurotic about it. But living in the country, I find insects interesting. Arachnids too. Although, as in the case of Japanese Beetles, not always desirable.

Gosh Sjerin, I'm not at all sure about "morning glories", but the "tangle weed" is smallish, creeps along the ground then wraps around the stems of growing plants. I am always pulling it up....it comes up easily. The weed here that really gets me is "purslane".... it just keeps growing and seeding and growing. I thought, last year, that perhaps covering the garden with black plastic would cook those weed seeds, but they came back to life in the garden with a vengeance this summer. (I am going to try it again!)

I don't see any bugs....but, that said, it wouldn't creep me out if I did. I am someone who catches tree roaches with my hands to feed to baby possums.

those pictures don't bother me since they are not ads but just stuff here on GW but yes adblock plus will block them.
If you have adblock plus just right click on any image and choose the option for adblock to block it, and it will find the filter for you to use to block it.

While I admit those beetles are not desirable I actually think they are kind of pretty. They look like a big flower.

So glad I found this. I didn't know Adblock would get rid of it, but Yay! it did. I thought I was going to have to avoid gardenweb a while. I'm the same way SJERIN. I have issues with bugs, actually have anxiety medication for dealing with my phobia with them.

A couple of you have mentioned that you didn't like the cat in the washer. It's a very cute picture. He's not puking or anything! What is offensive about that one?

You can still see him when you post a message. And if you haven't yet read that old thread, you have to. It's the funniest thread ever, on GW.

Em, my youngest daughter is like you, though she doesn't take drugs for it. It was so frightening to wake up to her yells--she went to bed later than we--when she spied a spider! Bugs generally just make me shudder and I envy those of you who find them interesting.