Mr Miller 🍉

This is a pregnant wild jumping spider with DKS, Dyskinetic Syndrome. She will most likely not survive. This is what happens with the use of pesticides. Her nervous system is misfiring, leading to uncontrollable movements and confusion. She cannot stay upright, only able to lay on her back. She cannot use her mouth parts correctly. In the wild, she would be dead by the end of the day. She has a small chance of recovery, I’ve misted her to help remove the pesticides and given her a 1:4 sugar water mixture to hydrate her and help her regain her strength. Now all i can do is let her rest and hope. Please opt for non pesticide solutions. The poison doesn’t just get rid of “pests”, it kills our spiders and pollinators. It’s killing our world.

The back of a Namibian laborer covered in scar tissue from years of whipping by a German farmer named Ludwig Cramer, (1912–1913). Taken by the Rhenish missionary Johann Jakob Irle.

79 hours + glitter yarn =

A bit obsessed with this potato and leek soup