In this episode we say farewell to our summer friends as our unseasonably warm weather transitions into the blustery cold we expect from November.

Spend some time with the remaining stragglers of summer’s chorus from Halloween into November 1st (recording was between ~10 PM – 3 AM). You’ll hear our dwindling insect friends making last-ditch pleas for love or defending their turf. Look, I’m not a bug person, but from online reading, I gather that these insects hatched later and are still in their adult stage looking to mate or defend territory. 

I know a few scientific bug people personally, and they wouldn’t help me understand why these little bastards are still making noise. Science people who are quick to ask me for graphics help illustrating random insect **** but will not return my calls about the bug lifecycles in my backyard. Oh, my backyard insect questions too pedestrian for you?

Where was I? Yes, I’m not a bug person. I love how they sound outside and am positive they are extremely important to our world and human interests. However, I do not want these little creatures in my house. That’s why I like spiders — they play goalie, intercepting these freeloader ******* before they can get into the climate-controlled expanses of our home.

Similarly, I don’t like spiders when they are inside. And for the record, I’m mostly a catch-and-release person (vacuum and dump outside). Except when spiders land on me — I was working in the basement, a spider repelled on my head, and I started punching myself in the face.