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Midnitesun

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Gaia

0 posted 2008-09-28 12:26 PM

We all know Spider's have tales (not tails).
This tale is from
the human POV,
clearly not the spider's.

Deke never let anyone clean his office
of the intricate layers of webs,
considered spiders affectionately
as his eight legged business partners.
Deke was oft called
the father of the beneficial insects business.
That's right, people are paid to raise those things.
Deke's beneficial insectary business
(Rincon Vitova Insectary, California)
did not commercially rear spiders.
While working alongside several entomologists,
we reared parasitized fly larvae
(for fly control)
and Chrysopa carnea, to produce
the lovely green lacewing larvae
that greedily devours aphids.
Mentioning the fly pupae
brings me to another tale,
not about spiders.
But that one can wait...
the spider's tale must come first!

While Deke was away on a farm field trip
assisting a sustainable/organic farmer,
his wife decided it was time
to tidy up his messy office.
Books and periodicals were scattered everywhere,
bug specimens and dirty coffee mugs
sat side-by-side on overflowing bookshelves.
Mrs. Dietrich instructed me to use the vacuum
and get rid of the numerous unsightly spider webs.
I protested,
remembering hours of conversations
hearing his terms of endearment for such creatures.
But she simply stated:
"He knows he can't keep them at home, either"
So the vacuum began it's business
of sucking up miles of webs,
as scared spiders scurried
for cover in cracks and crevices.
Needless to say
Deke was enraged when he returned,
and laid down a new rule:
NO vacuum cleaners allowed
in his private office!!!
Within a week the office
was a teeming maze of webbery,
and Deke was again chuckling heartily
telling new spider tales.

Let's leave it here for now, OK?
The fly tales can wait
for their own center-stage.

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

1 posted 2008-09-28 02:15 PM

Eeek! No Deke allowed in my home! I guess there's many of us who wouldn't want to set foot in his private office either but thank goodness for "differences" otherwise the world would be a boring place.

Thanks for this, Kacy!

Helen

secondhanddreampoet
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2 posted 2008-09-28 04:46 PM

Ms. Kacy sure spins a fine word web!...

Keep ' Bug-gering ' on!!

applause for this 'penning'!

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2008-09-28 05:44 PM

What a delightful tale of poetry, Kacy. And, I don't even like those little creatures!

Good to read you!!
Hugs,
Ethel

Midnitesun

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4 posted 2008-09-28 09:03 PM

Glad you enjoyed the story, Helen. Spiders were never at the top of my pet list either.
I was definitely inspired by your spider story!

Thanks for reading a creature feature, Bruce.

Ethel? How nice to have a visit from you. Where have you been hiding????

Oklahoma Rose
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Oklahoma USA

5 posted 2008-09-28 09:52 PM

A fantastic spider tale.

Midnitesun

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6 posted 2008-09-29 12:52 PM

thanks for spinning by, Oklahoma Rose!

ArtSolstice
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7 posted 2008-09-29 03:11 PM

Spider? Did anyone see that spider? Uh-oooh... it must have run out of the computer and up your sleeve... Good story, Midnitesun!!

Midnitesun

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8 posted 2008-09-29 03:30 PM

LOL, what makes it funny? it's 100% true!

Robert E. Jordan
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

9 posted 2008-09-29 03:54 PM

Yo Kacy,

This is a nice poem.  Spiders are not insects.  They have eight legs, and are related to the octopus.

Never hurt a spider, they are valuable friends to man.  They eat flies.

Black Widows and Brown Recluse Spiders are of course dangerous to man.  They should be avoided.

Love Bobby

Midnitesun

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10 posted 2008-09-29 04:00 PM

LOL, yes, spiders are arachnids, not insects.
We didn't rear spiders. They lived like Kings and Queens at RVI, except for that one incident.
Thanks for reading!

The Lady
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since 2005-12-26

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The Southwest

11 posted 2008-09-30 11:14 PM

Oh Kacy!What a delight!

LindsayP
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12 posted 2008-09-30 11:45 PM

A very interesting post Kacy

Whether you like spiders or not.

Lindsay.

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

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Durban, South Africa

13 posted 2008-10-02 02:46 PM

I understood what Deke must have felt. I love spiders and I hate destroying spider webs. I never destroy ones in my garden and do my best not to walk into them. When I destroy a web in my house and try to carry the spider, out the door or through a window, without hurting the spider, I always tell the spider that I really am sorry, but I don't know if they believe me, or if it matters to them whether I am sorry or not. I would like them to know that I really am.

I have a spider poem too. I will post it. I am not sure whether it will be a repost or not.

- Owl

Midnitesun

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14 posted 2008-10-02 03:02 PM

Thank you, Diana, for that reply! I'm looking forward to your spider's song.

Margherita
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15 posted 2008-10-02 07:10 PM

Wow, another spider story. Great, I love it, dear Kacy!

And Deke would love to hear that my daughter also forbade us to dust a certain part of the windowsill of her room, because there she had a spider family, which she loved to observe (very small ones fortunately!).

Love,
Margherita

OwlSA
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Durban, South Africa

16 posted 2008-10-03 02:20 AM

Thanks, Kacy for singing along to my spider song.

Margherita please thank your daughter for saving her little spider family - and you for complying!

- Owl

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