The spider mites were bountiful this summer in south-central Wisconsin. And the millipedes were “almost science fiction-like” in their numbers, said UW Extension entomologist Phil Pellitteri on Tuesday.
“One person could fill three 5 gallon pails with dead ones every morning out of his driveway culvert.” OK, that?s gross. But who cares! We?ll take all those creepy crawlies ? and then some ? just to savor another summer like this one without Wisconsin?s unofficial state bird: the nasty mosquito.