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season: early-fall
section: what is crawling
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- the mosquitoes are finally easing. first frost will finish them.
- stink bugs looking for ways into the house. seal what you can.
- woolly bear caterpillars crossing the road. old wisdom says the wider the brown band, the milder the winter.
- yellow jackets aggressive now, defending nests that are almost done. give them space.
- monarch butterflies passing through on their way south. plant milkweed and they will stop.
- crickets at night, slowing as it cools. count the chirps in fourteen seconds, add forty. that is the temperature.