That's what I told Orkin. They look like ticks. But apparently they are aphids. Today I saw a few of them near where the tree was. I smushed them and blood splatted out. GEROSSSSS! I mopped again with Pine Sol. Orkin did a no show today. But I dragged the tree that harbored them to the street (.1 mile away), so I think that the house is safe. I put the Christmas tree skirt into a garbage bag. Tomorrow I will put on gloves, kill the live bugs, and take it to the dry cleaners. I'd toss it, but Mom paid a boatload of money for it at NM for for her first grandchild's first Christmas.
BTW SWGB, due to hubby's surgery, we never decorated the tree other than lights. So thank goodness your and my previous SoWal ornament gifts didn't get ruined by the bugs.
Things not going well here.
BTW SWGB, due to hubby's surgery, we never decorated the tree other than lights. So thank goodness your and my previous SoWal ornament gifts didn't get ruined by the bugs.
Things not going well here.
