On the 5th or 6th day, give or take a few millenium, God created camel crickets and He declared them good. Who am I to argue with Him?

Instead, I’m trying to see things from His perspective. I suppose they must be an important link in some food chain – perhaps providing sustenance to song birds that entrance my ears or the Cardinals and Blue Jays that delight my eyes.

Or perhaps their raison d’etre is to invade the homes of wimps like me to give me a brief, harmless lesson in courage. I mean, if I can’t defend my home and family against a little bug, what would I do if a rabid dog or wild boar attacked us?