On the ‘net, bugs have been really good to me. I had an insect article at Neatorama this week that garnered over a thousand Diggs. I’ve done two on insects at mental_floss. In real life, they are driving me crazy! When I get rid of one type of infestation, another takes its place. I got rid of the fleas. I got rid of the ants. I got rid of the houseflies. Then the fruit flies drove me bananas. I got rid of them. Now, the cement pond seems to have sprung a leak or something -anyway, all the fish died. It didn’t take long for what water is left to become a breeding ground for mosquito larvae. I can’t buy more fish til I find the leak and fix it, so all I can do is haul the water out of the bottom of the pond. Oh well, at least all these bugs give me something to write about.



Oshiri Kajiri Mushi, the Japanese Butt Biting Bug

There’s sort of an explanation here.

There are no giant bugs under your bed, and here is why.

Penny got bit on the butt by a brown recluse spider!

Honeybees: Masters of Utility.

The Weirdest Insects in the World.

Are wasps inherently evil?

A 200 yard long spider web in Texas!

In this photo essay, Mr. Fly takes on a number of different jobs to support his 173 wives and 2,184 children. (via Dump Trumpet)

Hear snippets of the sounds made by twenty different common “singing” insects, such as katydids and crickets. I recognized several from my own backyard! (via I am Bored)

Look at me! I’m so pretty, you can’t even see me! Can you spot the big bug in this photograph? It’s an African Flower Mantid.

Not In My Garden

(via It Occurred to Me)
A father watched his young daughter playing in the garden. He smiled as he reflected on how sweet and pure his little girl was. He thought about her seeing the wonders of nature through such innocent eyes. Suddenly she just stopped and stared at the ground. He went over to her to see what work of God had captured her attention.

He noticed she was looking at two spiders mating, "Daddy, what are those two spiders doing?" she asked.

"They're mating," her father replied.

"What do you call the spider on top?" she asked.

"That's a Daddy Longlegs," her father answered.

"So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs?" the little girl asked.

As his heart soared with the joy of such a cute and innocent question, he replied "No dear. Both of them are Daddy Longlegs."

The little girl, looking a little puzzled, thought for a moment, then took her foot and stomped them flat and said, "Well, we're not having any of that Brokeback-Mountain crap in our garden."

Insect Repellant

(Thanks, Rich!)
A salesman was traveling through the country side, selling insect repellent. He came to a farmhouse and tried his pitch on the farmer.

"Sir, my bug spray is so good you will never be bitten again. I guarantee it."

The farmer was dubious. "Young man , I'll make you a proposition. I'll tie you out in my cornfield without a stitch on,
covered with that bug spray. If there is not a single bite on you come morning, I'll buy a whole case from you, and get everyone in the county to buy a case, and we will make you rich!"

The salesman was delighted. They went to the field and he stripped.  The farmer sprayed him thoroughly with the bug spray and tied him to a stake. Back to the house went the farmer.

The next morning, the farmer and his family trooped out to the cornfield. Sure enough, the salesman was there, hanging in his bonds, not a single bite on him, and yet he was a total wreck! Pale, ghastly, haggard, and drawn, but not one bite on him.

The farmer was perplexed. "Son," he said, "Now, you don't have a bite on you but you look like the devil! What the heck happened?"

The salesman looked up through bloodshot eyes and croaked,

"Doesn't that calf have a mother?"

Previously at Miss Cellania: Bugs, Insects, and Insects and Bugs.

Thought for today: I don't kill flies but I like to mess with their minds. I hold them above globes. They freak out and yell, 'Whoa, I'm way too high!'  -Bruce Baum

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