Little Miss Spider

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Every day, a photograph, a poem. As I was working on my WriteOut project the other day, a little spider — a jumping spider — crawled up my lamp to its arm and began a little journey I could watch. I’ve written about these spiders several times, including poetry, which I will share in the next section. The important thing to know is these little creatures — furry, jumpy, everywhere– take care of us very well. They destroy other gnats, roaches, and mosquitoes that bug us. They are our natural pest control. They eliminate creatures that spread disease– like mosquitoes. We know this first hand– by all the gnats and mosquitoes caught in their web that no longer bother us, and so neither do the little jumping spiders, all of whom we call Oscar, even if they are a “Miss Spider.”

And so this spider:

deserves a little poem:

Little Miss Spider

Little Miss Spider
Ran where it’s lighter
Hoping for warmth today
Along came a shadow
She jumped up with gusto
To safety, she scampered away.

Sheri Edwards
10.24.22 299.365.22
Poetry/Photography

Resources and Other Posts on Jumping Spiders

• Little Miss Spider – I wonder, if I draw a line…
• Jumping Spider | Department of Entomology | Washington State University
• VideoPress
• jumpingspiderpauses | Little Miss Spider Little Miss Spider … | Flickr
• Bold jumping spider | Arthropod Museum
• Jumping spider – Wikipedia
• Pictures of Phidippus audax (Bold Jumper)
• Spiders eat astronomical numbers of insects: Spiders feed on an estimated 400 to 800 million tons of insects and other pests annually; in comparison, all humans consume about 400 million tons in meat and fish — ScienceDaily
• Spider in the House – Friend or Foe? | Bioadvanced
• Daily Create Oscar – I wonder, if I draw a line…
• Day 377 Bold One – 1DR What Else?
• Spiders – 1DR What Else?
• What Else | Spiders Friend or Foe
• P22jumpingspiderclose | Little Miss Spider Little Miss Spide… | Flickr
• spideronthelamp | Little Miss Spider Little Miss Spider Ran … | Flickr
• Image from page 148 of “Moral emblems : with aphorisms, ad… | Flickr

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