We have a million of these lizards around. In the summer, I get so used to seeing them that I don’t even notice them, but I don’t see many through the winter and now that they’re appearing everywhere, they scare me half to death because I’m walking around, minding my own business and they appear out of nowhere and go racing across my path.
Texas Spiny Lizard
This one looks really fat but when I googled it to see what they eat and to make sure they don’t bite or sting or do anything else most Texas critters seem to want to do, the pictures I saw make this one seem pretty normal.
In a month or so, I won’t even notice these lizards but for now, they’re still making me jump til I get used to seeing them everywhere.
I was just telling Vince that with the wasps showing up, it’s time to get used to getting stung. The first few stings really hurt but by the time I’m getting stung several times a week, I hardly even notice them any more. I dread getting those first few stings but I know they’re coming. Why does there have to be so many biting, stinging, scary things around here?
Linda in NE says
The lizards are kind of cute, but you need some serious wasp spray. We usually need a thorough wasp spraying in our garage about once a summer when the young ones all hatch out & they start dive bombing us every time we open the door.
Diana G says
Do you use Avon’s Skin so Soft (no I am not a distributor, just someone who uses it)? Last Summer I got stung by several wasps (while trimming a rose bush) and it took weeks to heal and move the old arm decently.
A neighbor said to use it around all bugs and they will leave you alone. She saw how big it swelled and asked me what I was taking for it: Well allery pills -the pink ones, and she told she has used it since they invented the stuff for keeping bugs away. She puts it in bowls around her patio and uses the tikki torch lights also with the stuff for them. This lady is in her 70’s so she gotta know something about it.
This year I am going to try it around the wasps , and hoping not to have a repeat of last year.
Linda Smith says
When you get stung by a wasp or bee, grab the meat tenderizer, mix some with a little water and spread it on the bite for 15-30 minutes. The papain in the tenderizer breaks down the enzyme in the sting. It will not be sore and ache the next day…you will not even know you have been stung.
liz says
I never had a reaction to sulfa drugs (20+ years) and then oops… hives all over the place, in the air over Greenland. Not much I could do except ask for more wine!
Since then, I have a epi-pen because you never know if the next sting will be the
one you react to. I haven’t had any problems, but part of me suspects it ‘s because I am prepared.
Judy H says
They will eat your grasshoppers! I’m pro-lizard!!
I used to put honey water in a jar lid on my kitchen window sill for our lizards…They loved it! Then one day a mockingbird grabbed one and I realized I was making it easy for the mockingbirds to get the lizards. I stopped putting out the honey water, but it took a long time before the lizards stopped coming to the window looking for it. Darn mockingbirds.
Theresa says
We get wasps here, too. If I see any, I try to follow them and find the nest. Skip the scented personal products and perfume and don’t wear bright colors. I use Raid and spray the nest from about 12 feet away.
In early summer, I walk around the house every day making sure they aren’t getting started again under the eaves. I stepped on one once, barefooted, and it’s not an experience I want to repeat.