George McGavin

  • joyhas quoted6 months ago
    The biomass of all arthropods is more than 40 per cent of all animal biomass and represents 1 billion tonnes (1.1 billion US tons) of carbon.
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    known colloquially as bugs
  • joyhas quoted6 months ago
    After all, insects were the first animals to colonize the land and the first to take to the air.
  • joyhas quoted6 months ago
    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.

  • joyhas quoted6 months ago
    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.
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    The large black-and-yellow species that make paper nests in sheds, attics and hedgerows are generally disliked.
  • joyhas quoted6 months ago
    But with a little more understanding and a little less hysteria, we can get along with them just fine.
  • joyhas quoted6 months ago
    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.
  • joyhas quoted6 months ago
    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.
  • joyhas quoted6 months ago
    Scottish midges breed in boggy areas in northern regions from Europe to as far east as China.
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