Major freak out this morning. I had just sat down with a bowl of oatmeal and cup of coffee when a large unidentified flying bug came into my apartment through the open window. I’ve never seen such a ghastly looking bug and still am unsure of what it was. I was about 2″ in length, thick like a wasp, and it’s two body segments were quite separated from each other. It’s bottom seemed to hang low as it propelled through the air. Was it a queen? It was huuuuge!
My first instinct was to lock myself in my room and hope that by midday it would go away. Then I realized that my coffee was outside and I was having such a great morning - wouldn’t want to ruin that with a caffeine withdrawal headache. I decided that it cannot hurt me if I wear armour. Here’s what I came up with (to be worn over cat-printed pyjamas):
- a thick bunnyhug with hood up, black in case it is attracted to bright colours
- thick wool socks, again, black
- I need hand protection so I chose a pair of silver fitted costume gloves. At first they seemed silly but then I realized they were the optimal choice. They could be pulled up to my elbows, the material was quite thick, but their fittedness allow for maximum finger movement.
- a black hooded cape made of a meshy transparent material. I donned the hood and wrapped the cape around my face because it just might be the kind of insect that would go for the face.
With all my orifices covered I tiptoed back into the living room. Luckily I saw it right away. I was worried that it would borrow itself somewhere, leaving me uncertain to whether it was gone or was just building a nest an laying eggs all over my apartment.
It was flying near the windows. This was also good. It was a sign that whatever it was, it wanted out. It was not looking to intrude. It was bad because I had to get closer to it to open the blinds, freeing the door way out. I lunged to the blind string a pulled, lunging back into the “safe zone”. It was caught! My plant had its leaves to close to the blinds and on rolling up, they grabbed hold of one leaf. The plant was pulled from its table and was hanging by the blinds. Risking an attack by the bug, I leaped forward again to release the plant. This time the blinds rolled up the whole way. When I settled down again, I realized that a candle holder had also been rolled up with the blind (it had been on the window sill). This would have to do. There was ample room for the insect to realize that the outside world was waiting for it. A few seconds later it flew out the window and it was quite a while before its body finally disappeared in the distance.