Salaam alaykum,
I did some research on why we have bugs in the world and wrote this list of reasons bugs can be good.
Alhamdulillah for all bugs good and bad!!
Bugs can have a bad reputation for a many reasons:
They bite
They sting
They eat our food and homes
But that's a minority of bugs doing damage to the overall reputation of insects. Most insects are in fact good bugs and very beneficial to society. So read on and learn why we should love bugs.
There are a few insects such as aphids, caterpillars and grasshoppers that eat our crops and do damage to our food supply. But the good news is there are better insect eating insects that can remove these insects from our food supply. These good guys decrease the amount of synthetic chemicals we have to spray on our crops and do a service to all humanity. Such as, the ladybug, a single ladybug can eat up to 500 aphids before it grows up. That's a lot of aphids to remove from our food supply. The lacewing wasp deposits its larva inside caterpillars which munch on tomato plants. The caterpillar will slowly die as the larvae hatch and grow a cocoon around the caterpillars body. Until they grow into more wasps and go on to continue the cycle of reproduction. That is one less tomato plant being lost to a caterpillar.
The next thing insects are good for is to recycle wastes. There are insects called dung beetles that literally recycle the dung (or poop) of other animals. They find a pile of dung, break off a piece, roll it into a ball then carry it away to eat later or to save for depositing its eggs. There are also insects on the forest floor that remove debris from falling branches. leave, and rotting wood. They are natures little cleaners. These insects are roaches, earwigs, crickets, beetles and white grubs. You can find many of these insects clearing away decaying debris from the forest floor.
We can thank bees, beetles, wasps and flies for the abundance of fruit, flowers and vegetables we have in the world today. Thanks to these insects we have good food and flowers. The insects travel from flower to flower spread a powder called pollen and aid the flower to produce seeds and fruits/vegetables. These insects are called pollinators and bees are one of the best pollinators we have on earth.
Insects also make things for us to use. The biggest example is the honeybee which produces sweet delicious honey that we can eat. The nest is silkworms, they spin cocoons with their silk and we use the cocoons to make lovely, delicate garments. Finally, the cochineal caterpillar produces a strong red dye which s used by scientists to dye things such as red juices, red candies and things like lipsticks. Next time you eat a red candy , you will know that you are actually eating the ground up bodies of dead caterpillars.
The insects are a powerful tool in medicine as well. Doctors sometimes inject blowflies into a wound which is having trouble to heal. These blowflies produce maggots which eat the surrounding dead and infected tissues and bacteria. In a few days then the maggots are removed and the wound is healed. So next time you think Bugs are an annoyance you would rather be without them then remember this note.
I did some research on why we have bugs in the world and wrote this list of reasons bugs can be good.
Alhamdulillah for all bugs good and bad!!
Bugs can have a bad reputation for a many reasons:
They bite
They sting
They eat our food and homes
But that's a minority of bugs doing damage to the overall reputation of insects. Most insects are in fact good bugs and very beneficial to society. So read on and learn why we should love bugs.
There are a few insects such as aphids, caterpillars and grasshoppers that eat our crops and do damage to our food supply. But the good news is there are better insect eating insects that can remove these insects from our food supply. These good guys decrease the amount of synthetic chemicals we have to spray on our crops and do a service to all humanity. Such as, the ladybug, a single ladybug can eat up to 500 aphids before it grows up. That's a lot of aphids to remove from our food supply. The lacewing wasp deposits its larva inside caterpillars which munch on tomato plants. The caterpillar will slowly die as the larvae hatch and grow a cocoon around the caterpillars body. Until they grow into more wasps and go on to continue the cycle of reproduction. That is one less tomato plant being lost to a caterpillar.
The next thing insects are good for is to recycle wastes. There are insects called dung beetles that literally recycle the dung (or poop) of other animals. They find a pile of dung, break off a piece, roll it into a ball then carry it away to eat later or to save for depositing its eggs. There are also insects on the forest floor that remove debris from falling branches. leave, and rotting wood. They are natures little cleaners. These insects are roaches, earwigs, crickets, beetles and white grubs. You can find many of these insects clearing away decaying debris from the forest floor.
We can thank bees, beetles, wasps and flies for the abundance of fruit, flowers and vegetables we have in the world today. Thanks to these insects we have good food and flowers. The insects travel from flower to flower spread a powder called pollen and aid the flower to produce seeds and fruits/vegetables. These insects are called pollinators and bees are one of the best pollinators we have on earth.
Insects also make things for us to use. The biggest example is the honeybee which produces sweet delicious honey that we can eat. The nest is silkworms, they spin cocoons with their silk and we use the cocoons to make lovely, delicate garments. Finally, the cochineal caterpillar produces a strong red dye which s used by scientists to dye things such as red juices, red candies and things like lipsticks. Next time you eat a red candy , you will know that you are actually eating the ground up bodies of dead caterpillars.
The insects are a powerful tool in medicine as well. Doctors sometimes inject blowflies into a wound which is having trouble to heal. These blowflies produce maggots which eat the surrounding dead and infected tissues and bacteria. In a few days then the maggots are removed and the wound is healed. So next time you think Bugs are an annoyance you would rather be without them then remember this note.
