** The thoughts expressed within this post are not shared with the majority of sane and rational folks, and are merely the opinion of the author. Please be advised.**
I sat outside on my patio yesterday, the weather being
fantastic (not too hot for Late August… clear blue Skies above…) as I was all
alone, the sounds of nature were my music. Crickets chirping in the overgrown
grass. I watched small butterflies twirling around. Even the bees made me
smile.
Until the thought hit me… What if they attacked?
Yes, I asked the question. What if the grasshoppers and ants
and bees and all the other insects met one evening, decided to put aside their
differences, and take over the world?
We. Would. Be. Screwed.
While we go around living our human lives, we pay little
mind to the insects nearby. We see an ant and, for no reason really, we step on
it. Our children (or husbands) see a spider. They panic! We grab a shoe and
whack it to death. What if the insect world decides “Enough is enough! We’re
not gonna take it anymore!”?
Okay, I know what you’re thinking… she’s crazy! With tiny brains, insects can’t form the needed battle
plans…
Oh really?
A plague of locusts wipes out entire crops. Sure, it’s their nature… probably…
West Nile Virus
and Equine Encephalitis are just illnesses that happen to be carried in mosquitoes,
yet they don’t get sick.
What if the war has already begun? We all have had bugs
buzzing around our heads while at a bbq or picnic, maybe they’re scouting the
location? Next comes the moths. Their mission: destroy any and all items, such
as clothing, that can keep the humans protected from us. The third wave of
attack is the garden bugs, attempting to wipe out of food supplies. Then, they
activated the Special Forces of the bug world- insects that carry disease. The next wave, almost
in sync with the IGB (Insect Green Berets) would be those insects, like wasps
and bees, that carry allergy inducing substances in their tiny bodies, and
closely following behind is the venom bearing bugs- poisonous spiders and
the like.
The Bug World uses scare tactics, too… creeping around in
your house, lurking in the shadows, waiting….
Who hasn’t seen a movie with giant
spiders, or worse than that? TONS of spiders (like in Harry Potter). We’ve seen
video footage of swarms of bees, thousands of them, buzzing around. The noise
alone sends shivers up one’s spine.
The next time a pesky little ant goes marching by with a crumb
in his grip, maybe, just maybe, we should step to the side… give them a wider
berth, and let then carry on with their ant lives.
We have no way of
knowing which action- DEET filled repellent, garden spraying, or just smushing
one lonely ant, will be the spark to ignite the Insect Revolution. We have two choices- rectify our ways now, or prpare for the war that lies ahead.
Viva la Bug-olution!
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