Spiders and Scorpions and Centipedes, OH MY!!!

We have bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. Good bugs, bad bugs, bugs that fly around. Big, bad, ugly bugs. We moved here on March 1. Seven months. We just found a scorpion in the shower this morning. They are fast. It is about 1 1/2 inches long. We found a centipede a few weeks ago next to the front door. Inside the house. It was more than three inches long. It was so gross. All legs and pincers on the back and 1/2 inch feelers on the front. Eww. The scorpion is not quite as creepy, but okay, there should not be scorpions in my house. We have found black widows in the house. And there are regular spiders EVERYWHERE. I am totally fine with all these things being outside. We have three inch long caterpillars on the front porch, but NOT IN THE HOUSE. There is this cool website called whatsthatbug.com and they are located in So. Cal, so I have gone there to find out about the bugs we found. I put the centipede in a container and figured, after the cat had scared it half to death, that it would die soon anyway. I put it in a Ziploc plastic container with the lid on. THREE WEEKS LATER, it was still alive! I figured if it lasted that long it deserved to live. So I released it over the fence into the wild area behind the house. Hopefully it doesn't come back to seek revenge! I didn't realize it had been three weeks until I figured it out after. I wouldn't have kept it in there for that long. We have this thing called an Eye Clops. It basically magnifies things so that you can watch them on TV, at something like 200x magnification. Well, we were planning to look at the centipede, but it didn't die! So much for roaches, I think after a nuclear holocaust, the centipedes will rule the world!

Anyway, so I think I have figured out the reason for all the bugs. Not only the fact that we live two doors down from a wild area, but also because the sprinklers are set to go on three times per day and the grass is so lush that we have toadstools growing in it. I think the bugs are enjoying all the water. Need to cut that down. The owners of the house adjusted the water so that the plants would grow and the bugs are thriving! So I am adjusting it down. And I am going to look into getting an exterminator. It's time.