High Noon: Not Bugged Too Much

There’s something people do here that those in certain other parts of the country simply do not do. I’m speaking, of course, of standing under the front porch light after dark with the door held open. In parts of the U.S., that would invite an insect invasion of biblical proportions. People inside the home would see the person standing in the doorway and begin shouting “Close the door!” or “In or out!” or “Sweet Mother Nature, we’re doomed!” Oh, sure. It’s possible in Spokane to have bugs fly in through an open door. Happens all the time. But our insect density is a lower order of magnitude than in the Midwest, the Northeast or the South/ Paul Turner , The Slice. More here. (Orkin/AP file photo of a mosquito)

DFO: Junior lives in Florida, where a night light attracts all kinds of flying, hopping & crawling things. That’s why he has a screened in porch to enjoy the night relief from humid days. Beyond the night light, the screen teems with creepy crawlies during much of the year.

Question: How about you. Do you prefer the relatively bugless Inland Northwest from your former place of residency?