Fly Soup
Safa weaved a fine mesh. She needed mesh for her face mask. Mesh stood a chance of keeping the thickening soup of insects from entering her lungs. But now there was another enemy. Gossamer like filaments that stuck like glue to face masks. Cutting vision and clogging up the mesh. Safa took a deep breath, then dived into the water. Water which stopped the flies entering her home. Hundreds of such homes built like beavers lodges once covered the lake, now only three remained. Safa prayed for a severe winter. Then the spiders and flies might disappear.
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My first thought was a bug hotel too. But I wasn’t able to do anything as creative with that as you did
Neil, I thank you for your supportive comments.
Yikes….dramatic description too, makes for tough reading imagening….!
Ain I was pleased to read your comment, thank you
Great, nature story and a wonderful shot of a woodwasp too. although this is a wasp it is entirely harmless. The long ‘stinger’ is in fact an ovi-injector for inserting eggs into the bark of trees.
It was lovely to watch the wood wasp in action,
We all have our own wishes and homes to safeguard.
Great use of nature & expressing the bug’s point of view.
Anita, I live where the bugs live. I think that we do all need to coexist
Michael, I thought I saw a buggy creature in that pile, but wasn’t sure enough to make it a story. Well done.
Linda, I thank you for your supportive comments. Thank you
Dear Michael,
A bug tale well told. I’m not too crazy about spiders and flies myself. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
Rochelle, I know how flies and spiders worry people, there have been times when they concerned me, but without them nature fails to thrive
I noticed the bug hotel similarity too. I’m unnerved by your story, but in a good. What a life when we’re praying for a severe winter!
Thank you Jennifer, I am a fan of well defined seasons, even though I now do not cope well with extremes of heat and cold.
What a creative take, Michael! A bug hotel!
Thank you Dale, bug hotels come in all shapes and sizes, my garden is full of them.
Nicely done, Michael.
Thank you Bill, I am often surprised by where the FF prompts led us
A lovely imaginative take on the prompt. Good world-building, too.
Thank you Penny, it was all down to this weeks prompt
I’m still doing battle with that gummy gossamer in my conservatory. It’s handy as a fly catcher but the very devil to get rid of. Good story, Michael.
I have often wished for a conservatory, but gummy gossamer never
I don’t envy her, that’s for sure!
Hi Keith, it does seem that she is having a hard time. Nature does like to challenge us
Ugh, that sounds nasty. I think it’s time to look for a new place to settle. Great story.
Nasty is right, but then nature likes to challenge us
Clever, I saw a bug house too , but this is really marvellous, good stuff, its sadly true the insects will inherit the earth.
I do hope that the insects are kinder to us, if they take over the planet
Nice one, Michael.
I am glad that you liked my ramble with nature
Loved the telling from the bug’s POV: it’s a struggle for survival for man and bug, but both can coexist if done rightly. Now I have to go look up more about these intriguing creatures!
pax,
dora
Thank you Dora. I do consider that it is natures way for us to coexist.
what can i say? survival of the fittest. that’s nature’s way.
I agree that there is not a lot that one can say,