Okay, a couple of days ago I posted about a strange beetle called the iron cross blister beetle. My backyard is now overrun by them! I can't even let me kids outside!! Yesterday, after James got off of work, he decided that he wanted to go out back and see if he could find one. He smashed no less (most likely more) than 50 of them. I kid you not.

After the smash-a-thon we headed back in the house to read up more on these nasty buggers. If a horse eats just a part of one of these guys (found in the hay and/or grass) it can KILL it. Aaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!! Now my yard is basically smeared with these things and if my kids so much as touch the smear or get it on themselves and then touch their face they can DIE!!!!!!

Today, I went outside to clean up the dead (bring out your dead!) and by the time I found 1 to start shoveling into a pile I saw 1 fly into the yard and another two of them running around, I was just like forget it! I will have to clean up the mess in a couple of weeks when they are hopefully gone. Can I get another Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! ! ! My skin is currently crawling and I am officially freaking out!