Thursday night, Alexandre was at an overnight shift at the hospital. I woke up to the cat in a panic in the living room around 5am. I ran out to see another one of the giant moths beating itself against the walls and gatinha trying to catch it. It was so big that it made noise when it hit the walls. OMG DISGUSTING. So I closed the bedroom door and left her to deal with it.
See, they come in from the balcony. If I close the balcony door at night, the place just gets too hot. So my options are...not get sleep because it's 85 degrees in my apartment at night, or... not get sleep because I am facing the mortal fear of being attacked by a moth.
Last night (Friday night), Alexandre had another overnight shift at the hospital. Around the same time last night (6:30am), I woke up to the bambabmabma sound of wings. In my bed.
You know how American cats bring little mice to their owners as a show of affection? (Look what I caught for you, mommy!) Well imagine if your cat brought THIS into your bed:
It was dark, so I couldn't see it at first. It was so loud that I was saying to myself, "please be a bird, please be a bird" as I LEAPED out of the bed and skittered into the kitchen. I hadn't bothered to turn on the bedroom light, so I could only see the silhouette of the cat proudly prancing around my bed with that monstrosity hanging out of her mouth. I was screaming to myself from the kitchen and shivering in disgust.
I slowly crept to the bedroom door, closed it at arm's length, and ran away again. After about 30 minutes, the cat started crying to be let out of the room. Her job must have been finished. Alexandre came home shortly after and found the moth dead and in pieces on the bed. He cleaned up the main part of the corpse and left me to change the sheets that were covered in pieces of giant moth.
Screen Door. Today.
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I have a serious problem with the bugs here. Recently we have had these little bugs that have wings, but then the wings fall off...and they look like little wormy things, with legs. Tiny and gross. And they ate holes in my book! UGH!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the screen door!
Hi Danielle
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that those things are monstrous. But have you thought about putting a net curtain
up at the door the breeze will still get in but the moth wont. Something like mosquito netting.You can get something like a broomstick to feed thru the hem at the bottom to keep it down. and take that out in the morning so you dont have an accident with it and do me a favor. re your last blog. next time you go to have blood drawn, tell the doctor that you have to lie down. love you xoxox
Oh, I've been here for 14 years now, and I still haven't gotten used to the moths on steroids. I would absolutely die if one had somewhatgotten into my bed.* Shudder*
ReplyDeleteStephanie, the bugs you talk about are termites swarming and yes, they are quite a nuisance on warm spring nights!
- Lisbeth
LOL.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the picture, I thought BAT, so I had to recheck to make sure you had said it was a giant moth. THAT would have given me the concussion from collapsing on the floor.
ReplyDeleteI've only encountered these giant moths a couple of times - they're pretty unnerving! And I certainly wouldn't have been hoping it was a bird - that'd have been worse for me.
ReplyDeleteI have, however, been woken up twice by a giant cockroach in my bed (in rented accommodation. The story is way back in my blog.
As I sleep "au natural", the only thing I want touching me during the night is my girlfriend!!!