[ExI] we have debugged it

[Gregory Jones]

Ben it is more worry than relief for those few oddballs among us, such
as...me, who like bugs.  Of course I like bees, those beautiful sleek
needle-ass honeys, but I like other bugs too.  There is so much variation,
unlike mammals.  We are all pretty much the same thing, slight variations
on a theme.  Humans have less hair and bigger brains than our fellow
mammals, but still, mostly the samo samo.  Bugs vary all over the map.

spike

On Mon, May 25, 2026, 12:07 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> That's a very good point, spike. I haven't noticed many mosquitos either,
> so far this year. I think I've only killed 3, and haven't had a single
> bite, which is odd because I'm one of those people that the little bastards
> like, so the citronella oil and bug spray are normally in use before now.
> Flies are less numerous than normal as well, despite the heat wave we're
> having here.
>
> I'm not sure whether to be glad or worried. I suspect it should be the
> latter, but hopefully it's just normal variation. We had tons of
> butterflies last year (keeping the kittens very busy), but hardly any this
> year. Presumably the bird population will crash next, allowing the insects
> to surge again next summer. But we'll just have to wait and see if there's
> a long-term trend. I'd expect the ecologists to pick up on it if there is.
>
> --
> Ben
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