Comments on: Holy shit Martha! ¡Estas cucarachas pueden volar!

By: Irene

Irene — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:09:40 +0000

WOW! I think you just talked me out of moving to Costa Rica! The reason I refuse to visit Japan in the rainy season & summer are the flying humongous cockroaches. I have similar stories of them flying in my face, or spraying so much deet into a coffee mug it swam away. (My husband is Japanese & we have a big family there.) Of course, now I live in Arizona & have to deal with millipedes & scorpions.
I’m glad I found your site.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:56:09 +0000

Probably best then to ask me in about 30 months. Things change!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:15:14 +0000

The father of my very delightful three year old has been trying to persuade me toward moving to Costa Rica for a while now. I have about 3 years left to make a decision. Your website is very informative (and very entertaining). I do have to admit that the part about scorpions, snakes and other creepy crawleys have me terrified so much that I am afraid to put my feet on the floor just now although I almost never see any type of bug in my apartment. My question to you is… are the creepy crawlys the worst part of living in Costa Rica?

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:24:11 +0000

Odd you like Florida and Hawaii! Both have a ton of bugs and both have exactly the ones I have written about. Because we are further south, we probably have more variety though.

I think if bugs are going to be the main factor in your decision making, best you remain north of Indiana. Bugs like nice weather, so you just do not get them (at least the ones you refer to) where it snows. Me? I prefer bugs to snow!

By: nicole major

nicole major — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:56:20 +0000

Thank you for the upfront, very detailed description of every area of living in CR…including this one of bugs…did not take me long to decide that we have to rethink retiring or even vacationing there because of my fear of bugs…we go to Florida often, Hawaii, wonderful visit but have never encountered such bugs as you are describing there! I am also sure you are not exagerating either…now what? I don’t know but I am about to tell my husband that I am going to think long and hard before next year and our visit for a month long…thank you so much…Nicole

By: RSP

RSP — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:23:12 +0000

Your blogs are hilarious. I am coming to CR in a couple of weeks, and we plan on going to the National forest on the Osa Peninsula for 4 days and 3 nites. This might be an adventure to remember. I am sure there are plenty of creepy crawlies in the forest. After reading your blogs my GF is paranoid of what may go bump in the night.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:37:19 +0000

I came across the website searching for someone as stupid as me - though I just graduated law school, am happily married and am raising 3 kids, when it comes to bugs all common sense leaves me. I think I just ruined my MAC computer - I got it around Thanksgiving time - because of a bug - albeit a small one we were not on friendly terms when he decided to fly inside my laptop’s keyboard and disappear - he cruised right in like he had done it a thousand times before and had a home in there. I set out to exterminate him and I think I exterminated my computer instead. : ( So sad! Its on warranty but I’m guessing that killing it doesn’t qualify.

By: Dee

Dee — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:38:36 +0000

Hi, my husband and I are coming for a visit in the first week of Aug 2007. I was just checking out the info on the Internet when I came across your web site. I have sat here and laughed my ass off. you are just to funny. you should write prof. I don’t like the critters much either. but I now know what to expect. duck and dodge sounds like the game plan. We will be on the pacific side on the beach. any special little critters to watch out for?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:54:18 +0000

Oh wow I HATE HATE HATE bugs they are sooo disgusting! I mostly cannot stand spiders and snakes! they are GROSS!! if I see one and it is across the room not even close to me I flip out so KEEP AWAY BUGS!!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:23:39 +0000

It looks like you have either been watching CSI or reading Dave Barry

While you are certainly right that this spider is the most VENOMOUS (not poisonous) in the world, there has never been a recorded sighting of this spider in Costa Rica.

I will be happy to modify this statement if you can find anything FROM COSTA RICA i.e. reports from UCR, Earth University, or any of the hospitals. I never could.

Please… I have no interest in broad statements found elsewhere saying they are found “in Central America”. So far, research I did (some years ago and again today) indicates these nasty fellows have not decided to vacation or live here… Yet!