@gardeningjunkie, I second that! I grew up in Southern California and was always taught as a young boy to turn my shoes upside down and smack them together - making sure there were no scorpions crawled up in the toes. Having found one in my shoe on a camping trip I made it a practice. Now in Minnesota and the state bird can really be obnoxious. I used to tease my poor daughter because the mosquitoes loved her more than me. The only time they would leave me a lone is when I was sitting near her. With all the rain we've had we will have a bumper crop of mosquitoes. 🙁