Oh, c’mon…
The dude in the inset is Thomas Muffet, a 16th Century physician. He was one of the authors of Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum (Theatre of Insects), a big book on bugs, that wasn’t published until some years after his death in 1604. His speciality was spiders.
Wikipedia – that killest of killjoys – says there’s no proof of a connection to Little Miss Muffet:
It has been suggested that Muffet’s stepchild, his only daughter, Patience, is the subject of the nursery rhyme ‘Little Miss Muffet’. Although the name and subject fit the verse, there is no clear evidence of a connection and the verse was only printed in 1805.
*eyeroll emoji*
I like MidJourney’s Miss Muffet and googley-eyed spider. I had to cut off some AI weirdness on the righthand side, though. (That round thing in the bottom right corner appears to be a bowling ball).
Posted: September 18th, 2025 under personal.
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Comment from QuasiModo
Time: September 18, 2025, 7:20 pm
Spidey seems to have 10 legs too 🙂
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: September 18, 2025, 9:11 pm
Ten legs? A decapod? Then that must be a Black Widow Shrimp.
@stoaty — I’m glad to know that’s likely a bowling ball. I took it for the skull of a former shrimp kill.
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