Photo prompt Shaktiki Sharma
“We lose a few, but most of them can do their job without any interruption,” Arthur explained, and I could see why he was so proud of his creation.
It’s the perfect disguise; people don’t bother with an insect that size, they just leave it alone. It can sit there for ours and spy on everything until we get the information we need.
Modern technology has made our life so much easier.
We have eyes and ears in every house since years, and now finally we can monitor the backyards as well.
“Brilliant,” and they thought drones were the problem.
(Word Count: 100)
Friday Fictioneers is held by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. It’s a highly addictive photography challenge, check it out but don’t say I didn’t warn you. 🙂
The happy Quitter! 
Very well done, and such an original thought. Enjoyed it very much.
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This is not on wikileaks yet… but soon
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Great take on the prompt. I’m sure these kind of devices already exist
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The worry is that it’s probably already happening.
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Micro Spy Thriller! I loved it.
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Thank you
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The only thing that may thwart these drones are curious children, eager to investigate an interesting looking bug.
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Yes, a few might die.
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I wonder how many they lose as fish bait. When I was a boy, we used to catch grasshoppers all the time. We used to have thousands of them. Today, I only see a few each summer. It makes me wonder what man did to the environment that impacted their numbers. Clever story.
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I noticed it as well. I hardly see them anymore.
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Ooh, Big Brother is watching! I thought that grasshopper out back yesterday looked a bit suspicious…
We thought along the same lines this week 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by. I suppose it’s true…great mind think alike 🙂
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I knew it!! I just knew I wasn’t being paranoid!!
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LOL
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Just one more thing to worry about! I’ll need to relocate my weekly gossip meetings. 😀 Nicely done.
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Sorry 🙂
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A couple of this weeks stories have followed this line. I’m going to be paranoid about insects now! Well written.
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I couldn’t help it.
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Great piece of writing. I was reading Edgar and Lucy this morning and Edgar remarked about how great bugs are because they can walk noiselessly across the floor. Serendipity.
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They do. We had a caterpillar in the house and only the dogs saw it, my husband and I didn’t hear or see a thing.
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Oh, such a scary take on the prompt. Brilliantly told.
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Thank you
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No BBQ will go unwatched. A bit terrifying on these days of progress…
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Creepy!
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This is more factual than most folks think. Google “man made insect drones”.
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I am afraid so too.
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I think you’re onto something here, Bridget. All the spiders in my house are problem listening to me chuckle at your story and making recordings for the NSA 🙂
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We chased a rather fast caterpillar last night in our living room. Scary looking insect, even the dogs jumped away. If it was a spy device they will have to replace it. It had an accident 🙂
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Ha ha. It probably cost five million in taxpayer money too.
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Good one. I almost spit my coffee over the screen. 🙂 🙂
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Haha interesting concept!
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Dear Bridget,
That’s taking ‘bugging’ to a new level. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. I am glad you liked it
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I wonder if the CIA know about this.
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We’ll read about it sooner or later.
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Brilliant!
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