Well it is officially Autumn now so I suppose I can't complain about the cold, damp weather but I will anyway. I think I should have been born in a warmer country. I really feel the cold, probably because I spend a lot of time in my warm bug house and then it is cold when I come out. I've had lots more bugs in this week, praying mantis, stick insects, spiders, scorpions etc. I went out to check on something in the bug house the other evening and found that the Imperial scorpions had escaped from their cage. They are huge, powerful scorpions and they had managed to push the lid off and climb out, they were all over the place. It didn't take that long to find them all but thank goodness it didn't happen while I was on holiday. My mother in-law would have freaked out, there is no way she could have handled them. They look gruesome but in reality they are pretty docile, they can be picked up ok but I prefer to use my long tweezers. I don't think their venom is very po...