Scourge of the Marina

You know, I can't believe it.  Everyone professes to to be environmentally sensitive.  "We love nature and the way organisms relate to each other" they profess.  They spend hours watching the Discovery channel to become more educated.  Unfortunately there is one amazing insect that creates fear and an instant desire to kill.  Is it aggressive, dangerous or harmful?  No, it is simply an arachnid with many eyes, long legs and the ability to create capture devices out of micro thin silk that are beautiful to behold.  Covered with dew the webs are a subject for photographers and artists.  These highly evolved insects silently wait for their prey to come to them.  Just like I do when I put out decoys to attract ducks and geese.  They don't eat our kids, dogs or cats, only those annoying bugs that try to fly in our eyes and nose.  Everyone thinks they will be bitten but few actually are.  Far fewer with than with dogs and cats.

A marina is a perfect place to be a spider unless you are on some paranoid boat owners vessel.  The light attract the bugs and the spider capture them and relieve them of their bodily fluids for a quick death.  The Cisco Kids take a broom and destroy their creations, customers will not get in a boat with webs and if one shows up unexpectedly the shrieks of horror make me think that a murder is occurring.  I ask them why they are afraid of spiders and all I get is that that they have long legs and are creepy.  I am sure I could hold a spider in my finger and drive them into the lake out of fear, especially Whit.  Sarah even gave up her cell phone to the lake other than to face one of these horrible creatures.

Let's face it, marinas ar perfect spider habitat.  Insects emerging from the lake or swarming around the lights provide a bountiful food source.  Their babies are grown and ready to migrate for miles on the wind above the lake hanging onto a threat in the wind.  They won't survive long and 99% will perish naturally.  Don't pollute the water with insecticides in a futile attempt to destroy them and put the "fear of God" in your childs personality.  Just remember Charlotte's web.  She was kind, loved her babies and never hurt anyone, not even the rat, Templeton..