Along Came the Spiders Don't freak! Most of these critters are actually doing us a great service.(LIFE) From: The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) | Date: May 4, 2002| Author: Teague, Elinor | COPYRIGHT 2002 The Fresno Bee. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Elinor Teague SPECIAL TO THE BEE

We all know the rhyme:

"Little Miss Muffet

sat on a tuffet

eating some curds and whey.

Along came a spider,

and sat down beside her

and frightened Miss Muffet away."

Well, no wonder the poor girl was frightened. Her father, Dr. Thomas Muffet, was an Elizabethan-era entomologist who filled their house with spiders to study them.

And Miss Muf...