Insects and Public Relations
May. 25th, 2014 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guppiecatAs previously mentioned, I got to re-visit one of my favorite places ever, the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. This time, I had my macro lens, two flashes with a new flash system and tons of time. Since I had to practice with my flashes anyway, I give you scary things trying to correct for negative public opinion. Or, in other words, bugs.
Dragonflies aren't generally unless you're a maidenfly without a knightfly. Still, this one would like you to know that the whole "capture a maidenfly" thing is mostly societal convention at this point. If you didn't voluntarily join the program, you have nothing to worry about.
Preying mantids get a bad rap due mostly to irritating evangelicals. Note the difference between "pray" and "prey". This one only stalks and slaughters defenseless creatures so it may subsist upon their precious bodily fluids. See? Lots less scary.
Isopods have extra legs, sure, but it's just so they can hug you better.
Bark scorpions also like to hug. Like a seldom-seen uncle, they also have a strong tail they can use to pick you up with.
Beetles can look scary close up, but few creatures are kind enough to provide you with traction bumps for riding.
Giant desert millipedes are, sadly, rather against hugging. They are, however, shockingly good acupuncturists.
The robber fly is often discriminated against due to it's name. In truth, once basic operating costs are covered, the majority of the loot is donated back to the poor ... at night ... while they sleep. For some reason, the poor do not seem to appreciate them either.
A bee moves from flower to flower, collecting nectar and moving pollen around. Each piece of pollen that sticks to them is a piece of pollen that doesn't go up your nose (unless you're sniffing bees (if you are, please stop (we're running out))). It's a public service, really.
The American Giant Water Bug really doesn't bug people much at all. It sits in the water, sticking eggs on itself like it's a junior high trapper keeper. Junior high isn't scary, right?
Arizona Africanized honey bees have the gene for swarming, but not the gene for hiving. So they get together, hang out for a few days once a year or so, and then go off on their own to do what seems terribly important work to them, only harming those people that get in their way.
Really, it's just like the Republican party. They're not very scar ... never mind.
Dragonflies aren't generally unless you're a maidenfly without a knightfly. Still, this one would like you to know that the whole "capture a maidenfly" thing is mostly societal convention at this point. If you didn't voluntarily join the program, you have nothing to worry about.
Preying mantids get a bad rap due mostly to irritating evangelicals. Note the difference between "pray" and "prey". This one only stalks and slaughters defenseless creatures so it may subsist upon their precious bodily fluids. See? Lots less scary.
Isopods have extra legs, sure, but it's just so they can hug you better.
Bark scorpions also like to hug. Like a seldom-seen uncle, they also have a strong tail they can use to pick you up with.
Beetles can look scary close up, but few creatures are kind enough to provide you with traction bumps for riding.
Giant desert millipedes are, sadly, rather against hugging. They are, however, shockingly good acupuncturists.
The robber fly is often discriminated against due to it's name. In truth, once basic operating costs are covered, the majority of the loot is donated back to the poor ... at night ... while they sleep. For some reason, the poor do not seem to appreciate them either.
A bee moves from flower to flower, collecting nectar and moving pollen around. Each piece of pollen that sticks to them is a piece of pollen that doesn't go up your nose (unless you're sniffing bees (if you are, please stop (we're running out))). It's a public service, really.
The American Giant Water Bug really doesn't bug people much at all. It sits in the water, sticking eggs on itself like it's a junior high trapper keeper. Junior high isn't scary, right?
Arizona Africanized honey bees have the gene for swarming, but not the gene for hiving. So they get together, hang out for a few days once a year or so, and then go off on their own to do what seems terribly important work to them, only harming those people that get in their way.
Really, it's just like the Republican party. They're not very scar ... never mind.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2014-05-26 10:05 am (UTC)