Not to mention chiggers. I’m usually good at keeping up with grass mowing. One time years ago I got behind for some reason and the grass was pretty high. That was the only time I ever had a problem with chiggers.
How he got into the garage is sort of a mystery. But he was probably fairly close and sneaked in when I had the garage door open. I have some glue traps set for him, but no luck so far. Good thing there aren't prairie rattlesnakes around here.
P.S. I haven't told the wife yet. I told her I saw something, but I wasn't sure what it was. She's deathly afraid of all snakes. If the traps don't get him, I hope the coming sub-freezing weather will do him in.
Speaking of chiggers, when my father moved to Texas after retirement, one of the first things he did was take his shoes off on a golf course to look for a lost ball in the weeds a small creek. Yep...he had severe case of itching chigger bites for a month or so.