Things are bigger here

With heat and humidity comes rapid growth. We have all been amazed at the differences we have seen in the local flora and fauna.

Garden snail on sidewalk

Imagine that guy eating your Oregon greens! On the other hand, the pollinators are also large. Here is a bee that we found (dead) on our balcony.

Dead Bee - toes for sizing purposes

And the cockroaches! Yikesa. Thankfully, we have not yet seen one of these inside our apartment. 

Dead Cockroach - toes for sizing purposes