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George McGavin

The Good Bug

  • johnandrewbetaizar5compartió una citahace 3 meses
    ‘Even the smallest insect, with its intricate structure, is far more complex than either an atom or a star.’
  • joycompartió una citahace 4 meses
    Scottish midges breed in boggy areas in northern regions from Europe to as far east as China.
  • joycompartió una citahace 4 meses
    That 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.
  • joycompartió una citahace 4 meses
    Have 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.
  • joycompartió una citahace 4 meses
    But with a little more understanding and a little less hysteria, we can get along with them just fine.
  • joycompartió una citahace 4 meses
    The large black-and-yellow species that make paper nests in sheds, attics and hedgerows are generally disliked.
  • joycompartió una citahace 4 meses
    It 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.
  • joycompartió una citahace 4 meses
    Since 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.

  • joycompartió una citahace 4 meses
    After all, insects were the first animals to colonize the land and the first to take to the air.
  • joycompartió una citahace 4 meses
    known colloquially as bugs
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