September 12, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about the insect nation. You can focus on a particular insect or all insects. Is your story one of acceptance and understanding? Scientific knowledge? Or apocalyptic horror? Get bugged and go where the prompt leads!
Seeing as how we have suddenly been besieged by these creatures, this post was easy!
Spiders are a big problem in my family. Luckily, they seem to know this and rarely put in an appearance.
At least, my family think so. I see them and know all their hideouts. Their webs give them away.
On those rare occasions when one does dare to put in an appearance and either runs across the floor or turns up in the bath, I am the one my family scream for.
They tell me that September is the time when male spiders go hunting for a mate.
All I can say to them is, go pick another house!
©JayeMarie2023
Spider Image by Eva Schmidseder from Pixabay
Nice
Thank you…
Everything has value, I know, but I really don’t like spiders. What has helped as I’ve gotten older though is to refer to each one I see as Charlotte. lol
I will remember that the next time one ends up in my hair!
Oh, no! I’m not sure I’d be composed enough to remember Charlotte if it was in my hair! lol
Worse still, is when you go indoors, and one will parachute down in front of your face…
Wow! I’ve not ever had that happen! You must really live out in the boonies!
We live in a large Hampshire town, Susi… but our garden is a jungle!
Sounds like it! 🙂
Sometimes it is tough to remember spiders are the good guys. I know I always escort them out when they come in. Be good outside please, Mr. Spider.
I just wish they wouldn’t spin their webs across my garden path, I always manage to walk into them… 🕸️
You would think they would give up after you bust through a few.
Nope…give them half an hour and the webs are back up…
They know that you might be a little too big to capture right?
I am definitely too tall for most of them…
😁
I agree, Jaye! Pick another house!
Better still, stay out in the garden! 🕷️🕸️🕷️
I don’t like spiders. I saw two big ones, one at a time, in our sink of our new home. I think they crawled out from the pipe of the garbage disposal! Now I got a sink strainer to block it. I love to watch them spinning the webs outside, though.
They should stay out there, Miriam… 🕷️🕸️🕷️
I know, Jaye. The problem in our old house is that they laid eggs after they got into the house. 😐
Uh oh… that’s not good…
We’ll watch closely in our new home.
Apparently, they don’t like peppermint oil…
Good to know, Jaye.