.........Oh, She's Got Legs Like A Spider...............

I see Fat Sparrow's been having trouble with insects. I won't go as far as to say I like insects, they can be a pain in the arse(wasps, bluebottles, midges etc) but I do like the old Daddy Long-Legs or 'Jennies' as my folks call them. There seems to be some conjecture over what a Daddy Longlegs actually is. For instance, there seem to be two different spider types that frankly i'm unfamiliar with and I do believe they are unworthy of the name. They're just rubbish arachnids. On the other hand, the beastie in this link and the picture above is actually a crane fly. Such clumsy and pointless creatures, I sort of identify with them.................... I also like bees and those weird hovering insects that look like tiny hummingbirds. I've been trying all summer to get shots of those stripey fuckers in the botanic gardens but to no avail. They always turn out blurry and out of focus, mainly because I can't get in close enough without shitting myself when they move. I know they tend not to sting as they're too busy going about their business to bother about some moron with a camera, but many years of indoctrination about the dangers of black and yellow flying insects has ingrained itself in me. My other favourites are moths. Every so often i'll see a really fat furry fucker in the bathroom and just stand there looking at it. When it's not flying about like a lunatic in the lampshade that is.............. Bye!