My 12 year old daughter has an assignment in her 7th grade science class to make an insect collection. To help her out, for the last two weeks we have all bee in the bug catching mode. While gardening this week, I kept a lookout for any bugs that she could add to the collection, and would call her to help me harvest them. In one day, I think we found and caught about 15. Of course, this means that my freezer is full of little plastic cups with bugs in them. Really, it’s time to take those bugs TO SCHOOL! Since it’s fall and a lot of the bugs are dieing, we’ve found some of these bugs already dead, which is nice, especially for mean and nasty bugs, like bees and hornets.
This bug thing has infested my dreams, even. Last night I dreamed that there was a spider on the wall. Not just any spider, but a GIGANTIC spider! It was the size of a frying pan! But it wasn’t one of those hairy, halloween type spiders, but a huge daddy long legs type spider. Instead of my usual reaction, which would be to grab a shoe or vacuum (I’m hoping they actually die when I suck up the bugs with the vacuum. I’d hate to think they are all just in the vacuum canister having a big buggy party–ick), I got the largest bottle I could find, and somehow trapped the spider in the bottle. It freaked me out so badly that I was shaking! But I caught that huge spider and even somehow got a lid on it.
I’m so glad I’m such a supportive mom in my dreams. But really, honey, take those things to school. They’re freakin me out.
I had four live crickets in my boxes full of tomatoes this morning, if you needed some crickets. Also, we saw that spider you dreamed about on OUR wall the other night–it was probably as big as my fist, not a frying pan, but it still got my heart beating pretty fast! I acted all calm, though, so as to not freak out Brooke, who was playing in the same room. The spider was crawling right next to the house, just behind where Brian’s head had been when we were watching Iron Man a few minutes earlier. YEEECHHHH!!!
oh my goodness! i know! i only caught one of our 43 bugs. it was the praying mantis on your front porch (shout of thanks to the Erickson’s front porch! thanks!) man, i even had my grandparents catching for me.
me and alyssa thought we wouldn’t have enough. but to our relief…we counted and it was 43!!! not even counting the woodchip we pinned out of desperation! we almost started crying. it was amaingly awesome.
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When Anna Marie has to do her bug collection, I think I’ll let her dad help her. Ewww!