Vermin...vermin everywhere. The Bugs of Summer are here (many of them are on my windshield), and it's time for the creepy crawlies to mosey about while we mosey about.

You may have heard that crickets are an excellent alternative source of protein (and if you want to show a screaming cicada who's boss, fire up the griddle!). But what about the urban (and rural) legend that we're eating spiders in our sleep?

Open wide! Photo by Simran Sood on Unsplash)
Open wide! (Photo by Simran Sood on Unsplash)
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Now, spiders in your house aren't necessarily a bad thing: they eat the smaller, more pesky bugs like flies and mosquitos. They'll usually build their Forever Home in a corner and mind their own business, patiently waiting for an unsuspecting house fly to make a terrible decision about landing on something that isn't poop-and-then-immediately-after your food.

Flys r dum.

Theyre also perverts GET A ROOM YOU LOWLIFES! Photo by Simran Sood on Unsplash)
They're also perverts GET A ROOM YOU LOWLIFES! (Photo by Simran Sood on Unsplash)
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Nearly half of Minnesotans believe that maintaining a clean home somehow immunizes their house from the annual bug invasion. Now, while keeping a tidy household will make your home significantly less enticing (want ants? Leave food on the floor) it won't erect an invisible force field around your house. The bug life, uh, finds a way.

Grow Your Own Pillow! (IMAGE: Choad)
In lieu of a greased-up Jeff Goldblum, here's a curled-up Aleister Meowly (IMAGE: Choad)
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43% of Minnesotans will squash a bug on-site, without trial or a second thought. 12% will relocate the intruder to the outdoors.

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And if you're Choad you'll accidentally eat one of those invasive Asian lady beetles because you're eating a tasty snack in the dark and thought it was just a crumb. If you prefer to not violently vomit the entire contents of your digestive system, I recommend not eating Asian lady beetles.

Image Credit: shelley pauls via unsplash
Snack-sized but NOT snack-flavored (Image Credit: shelley pauls via unsplash)
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Ah, core memories.

40% of Minnesotans still believe the old wives tale that people eat spiders in their sleep. Spiders are smarter than that. If you happen to notice that you've swallowed a spider, you should feel proud that by eliminating that idiotic arachnid from the general spider population, you've raised the average Spidey Sense IQ.

Com bak, Deborah! I kin chanj! Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash)
Com bak, Deborah! I kin chanj! (Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash)
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You're doing the lordt's work, and you don't even realize it.

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