bug is life

First we got this amazing coma butterfly, it was quite big as you can see!! their jagged wings are simply beautiful and im very happy with this photo.

#citybug

i haven't seen anything about this on my dashboard, so i wanted to share. ICE gestapo killed another human being on tuesday. he leaves behind three sons and his wife, who he has spent the last 35 years building a life with

there is a gofundme supported by the league of united latin american citizens set up to help with funeral costs, legal fees, and supporting his family moving forward.

me -

a person who actively seeks them out, interacts with them on the daily, gets all up in their business, researches them

is continually deemed as less significant or trustworthy or accurate than the perception of a person who -

was stung one time and religiously avoided wasps ever since

you could be stung, once, twice, or even a hundred times.

it wouldn’t even come close to representing the nature of a taxonomic group that is comprised of hundreds of thousands of different species, and millions upon millions of individuals.

yet, you’d probably find, if you took the time to experience it. without fear, without hatred -

that wasps are gentle, curious, brilliant, beautiful, intelligent, indescribably valuable gems made of all the wonder the earth has to offer

animals who, like all others, want nothing more than to survive.

maybe even, if they’re lucky enough -