tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post8290085525234644561..comments2024-03-28T06:50:11.258-05:00Comments on Bug Eric: The Myth of "Good Bugs" and "Bad Bugs"Bug Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-19369548536515669552020-07-10T15:03:19.199-05:002020-07-10T15:03:19.199-05:00Everything has a role in the food chain! When fol...Everything has a role in the food chain! When folks tell me they want to kill something, I try and explain how that can of bug spray might just be taking away dinner for "someone" else. We have this human-centric focus we need to lose. We won't be here if we continue the BAD practices we've implemented in sustaining ourselves. If we start to think of individual organisms Cynthia Brasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943192305713380911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-79187391543040695382019-07-01T20:37:03.259-05:002019-07-01T20:37:03.259-05:00Ticks. Ticks are not good.Ticks. Ticks are not good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888561174284394717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-30534563837246379602017-03-27T17:47:31.319-05:002017-03-27T17:47:31.319-05:00It needed to be said, and is well said - and again...It needed to be said, and is well said - and again, the answers show that you can preach to the choir who will agree and others will not get it. It's true though, agricultural mono-cultures and human bodies older than the span that humans evolved for are not 'natural' and can only be maintained by unnatural means. That does not make the bugs bad, does it? I think the group worth Margarethe Brummermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-13573950267761643812017-03-27T14:28:18.565-05:002017-03-27T14:28:18.565-05:00Excellent and concise essay, Eric. I have shared t...Excellent and concise essay, Eric. I have shared the link to my regional bug group. <br />And to those who wrote the previous two comments. Of course, you are right that certain insects and their kin are bad for human endeavors, and we must find good ways to deal with those problems. That, however, is not quite relevant to the point that Eric is making. Crop pests and disease vectors are bad in James C. Tragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843481778096677426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-869567501029652662016-08-20T21:17:16.285-05:002016-08-20T21:17:16.285-05:00Thats just dumb. As farmers some bugs are "go...Thats just dumb. As farmers some bugs are "good" for the crop and some are "bad". We arent talkimg nature here, its agriculture, and it is wut it is. Thats like saying "oh, cancer is natural, it helps keep the humanpopulation down, its niether good nor bad." cancer is bad. So are cyclamen mites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-70373182400413318692015-06-23T10:58:26.196-05:002015-06-23T10:58:26.196-05:00I can certainly appreciate that situation. I'...I can certainly appreciate that situation. I'm facing the same thing with a Facebook group a good friend added me to. I've been on vacation for a week, so maybe I can face them with renewed enthusiasm now....Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-43693029891060925172015-06-23T10:55:55.648-05:002015-06-23T10:55:55.648-05:00Nice! I totally understand the slug thing. Not m...Nice! I totally understand the slug thing. Not my favorites, either.Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-80699194243367745222015-06-23T10:55:03.328-05:002015-06-23T10:55:03.328-05:00Thank you for the compliment, Lisa....And yes, I t...Thank you for the compliment, Lisa....And yes, I think setting an example is the best thing anyone can do. Keep up the great work!Bug Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-67905361326432759062015-06-16T08:28:16.412-05:002015-06-16T08:28:16.412-05:00I think bugs always cause problems
So it must alwa...I think bugs always cause problems<br />So it must always looking for solutions to thisشركة مكافحة حشرات بالرياضhttp://www.3elsyana.com/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-89680013869856813962015-06-15T14:21:15.067-05:002015-06-15T14:21:15.067-05:00All that is so true and can't be said often en...All that is so true and can't be said often enough. I hope it reaches the right ears and eyes. I often feel that we are preaching to the choir. But after I was a member of a gardening group for a while, where I was battling the goody - baddy attitude every day, I left. I felt that I could have done a lot to enlighten at least a few members, but I just could not take human self-centeredness Margarethe Brummermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623937180200255796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-76137706380242579932015-06-14T14:19:06.905-05:002015-06-14T14:19:06.905-05:00Excellent, Eric! Now if only i could make more hea...Excellent, Eric! Now if only i could make more headway with people's fear and loathing of spiders. In my classroom, no one is permitted to kill any insect/spider they find. I keep a couple of jars handy to catch them and take them outside. When they see an "older" woman with a jar catch them and study them without fear, I hope it makes some kind of impression.Lisa Rainsonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16728287766989599546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-45968115041874713472015-06-13T18:54:38.823-05:002015-06-13T18:54:38.823-05:00Hear, hear!
I'm even learning to tolerate slu...Hear, hear!<br /><br />I'm even learning to tolerate slugs. Within reason.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-79115693791103207162015-06-13T16:07:05.288-05:002015-06-13T16:07:05.288-05:00So well said! We need to keep presenting these arg...So well said! We need to keep presenting these arguments again and again until they begin to register. Recently, what fills me with frustration is the attitude of many monarch butterfly lovers: "Monarchs are good. Anything that eats milkweeds is bad. Worse yet, anything that eats monarchs is super-evil." So much for the monarch butterfly being a gateway to learning about conservation!Beatriz Moissethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745938472052790104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-58696894977539784412015-06-13T12:32:31.919-05:002015-06-13T12:32:31.919-05:00Another great article ..thank you.. MichelleAnother great article ..thank you.. MichelleRambling Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080120317890707767noreply@blogger.com