you know, there are three cats in this apartment

[rmd]

there are three cats in this apartment, plus one in the downstairs apartment and one living right outside.

and yet, i am convinced i juist heard a small skittering noise from somewhere in the apartment. there can't really be a mouse stupid enough to wander in here and stay here, can there?

*pause*

okay, i've moved a couple of pieces of furniture and still no luck finding the noise or narrowing it down.

aaaaand, i've found it. it was *inside* a small cardboard box that had fallen between the computer desk and the bookcase.

also, not a rodent at all. a GIANT HUGE BEETLE. ew. what the fuck is that all about? also, how did this thing end up in the middle of my house? on the back porch, i could understand. but next to my computer desk? dude.


in stalker-cat news, when i had the back door open to toss the beetle out, mooch the stalker cat just sauntered right in like she owned the place and started chowing down on cat food in the kitchen. nikita gave a big old puff-up-and-hiss, but i'm not sure it had the desired level of effect since mooch appears to be deaf as a post. i returned mooch to the outside and domestic tranquility was restored.

Comments

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

I was guessing june bug as well. You're right about the not quite though.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Nope. Not a june bug. June bugs have feathery antennae and no spots. They're not as round either.

(And a google image search on orange beetles gave me tons of pictures of volkswagens.... Hee.)