The Good Bug
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- johnandrewbetaizar5цитирует3 месяца назад
‘Even the smallest insect, with its intricate structure, is far more complex than either an atom or a star.’ - joyцитирует4 месяца назад
Scottish midges breed in boggy areas in northern regions from Europe to as far east as China. - joyцитирует4 месяца назадThat changed with the advent of effective pesticides to control malaria and typhus, but it is easy to understand why some insects get a bad press.
- joyцитирует4 месяца назадHave you ever wondered why large parts of Scotland remain wild and beautiful? Imagine how many more golf courses, holiday homes and the like there would be if the midge were ever vanquished. To my mind, midges are a price worth paying.
- joyцитирует4 месяца назадBut with a little more understanding and a little less hysteria, we can get along with them just fine.
- joyцитирует4 месяца назадThe large black-and-yellow species that make paper nests in sheds, attics and hedgerows are generally disliked.
- joyцитирует4 месяца назадIt is claimed that feeding our growing population will require the use of even more chemicals, but this ignores the fact that we already waste one-third of everything we grow.
- joyцитирует4 месяца назадSince the beginnings of agriculture, it seems that humans have been engaged in a never-ending battle against the bugs that these days involves the use of huge quantities of pesticides.
sad. but, pesticides are really need, right? some insects kasi attack crops, which are very essential for us, humans. but yeah, sana maka-isip na ng way ang mga agriculturalist or scientist to prevent insects from damaging our crops, without killing either of those.
- joyцитирует4 месяца назадAfter all, insects were the first animals to colonize the land and the first to take to the air.
- joyцитирует4 месяца назадknown colloquially as bugs
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