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gentle dragon

2 October, 2008 (09:14) | bugs, Fauna, collin county, nature

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Green Clearwing Dragonfly

I’m fascinated by bugs, especially when I can view one close up. I don’t know why I grew up disliking them, or why I was terrified of spiders. (I still despise cockroaches, though.) Is it a Western cultural thing to see insects and reptiles as evil things? It seems most of the aliens in sci-fi movies have reptilian faces or insectlike eyes and mandibles. Propaganda! Bigotry! Stereotype!

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