There don't seem to be many insects in my photos. I find them a lot of work - they move so fast that it is hard to get a clear shot, and often the poses that are captured are not attractive. People seem to love or hate insects. I thought of the expression 'Don't bug me' and got to thinking about bugs. It turns out that:
"true bugs are within the order called Hemiptera. Insects in this order are different from other insect orders such as Hymenoptera (ants and bees), Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) or Diptera (flies and mosquitoes)."
How bugs and insects got associated with bothering and annoying is likely obvious if one has a fly in the house. It becomes a 'best friend' always there in the kitchen involved in your every activity.
I scrolled through the definitions in Merriam-Webster's dictionary site and after the regular definition there are distinctions between medical, law, student, and geographical. And it turns out that it isn't a popular word - Mirriam-Webster ranks in the bottom 50% of words.
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