Shoup Airlines

Seven, the new Eight!

After the massacre of Sprinkler #4, the wigs have been quiet of late, almost too quiet at times. I was almost prepared to find the worst coming back from the Thanksgiving break, but found nothing. That only worried me more. Although I wonder if the now sterilized syphon valves were their breeding grounds. Regardless, both the ants and wigs have been nothing short of non-existent around El Diablo recently.

As the weather gets cooler, I have noticed more and more spiders finding their way into the house. One of those common jumping spiders found around here was interesting to watch. He would come out and greet me every morning from his perch on top of a model airplane on my desk. Always curious, but never aggressive, he could really move. I saw him clear a good 13 to 14 inches in a single jump! Anyway, a few days passed and he was nowhere to be found. I figured he had moved on or died, then he reappeared yesterday morning. Something looked odd, he wasn’t moving like his usual lithe self. Then it hit me, he was missing a leg!! I had to count again because I didn’t believe it either, but sure enough, he was missing a leg. Today, I found him lying dead at the base of the airplane and swept him into the waste basket without another thought…

That is until fixing dinner this evening. I noticed a house spider sitting on the wall above the stove and figured I would have to usher him out of the kitchen. Apparently he came to the same realization and started moving up the wall…awkwardly. I found that a bit odd, then he paused, and on a whim I decided to count his legs. The frellin’ thing had SEVEN legs! SEVEN!?

I see no way that these two separate events can be coincidental. Have the wigs and ants resorted to Yakuza like tactics in their campaign? Or is this yet another nifty little trick the Other Bug can do? Are you scratching your head in bewilderment because you still visit this blog?