Frieked me out when I first saw one! And don't squish them! They stink!

A: So they can squish the cockroaches in the corner.

Our house is over 150 years old and we have had about every kind of creature you can imagine. One of the most common is brown recluse spiders. I had seen them crawling around ever since we moved here, and never paid much attention to them, thinking that black widows were the only dangerous spiders in this area. Then I heard about brown recluses, but still didn't pay much attention until I saw some pictures. That's exactly what those little brown fast-crawling ones here are. Even worse, I saw some photos of what can happen if the bites are left untreated.

I don't let them freak me out, but I am much more careful to avoid them now.

I have that problem with dreaming about bugs as well. I dream that they are IN the bed. I also sleep walk.

One night, my husband says I got out of bed and started walking out of the bedroom. He asked me where I was going and I said, "to get the knife". He asked me "what for?" and I told him, "to kill the bugs in the bed. I'VE HAD IT!"

He told everyone that story. He figured it would help with my defense if I ever did something to him in my sleep!!

"This three-quarter inch brown colored bug has the habit of entering buildings in the late summer or early fall as it seeks a protected site to spend the winter. These bugs do not bite or sting, and they cause no damage to the home. They do not reproduce in the home nor do they feed once inside your home. They live off fat reserves and during the cool season they are semidormant. They will give off a pungent order if you handle them and they also make a buzzing sound when flying. This unwanted houseguest is the western conifer seed bug or Leptoglossus occidentalis. "

so they won't harm anything.