Initial thoughts on insects

Ander Galfsky-Red

Mary Katherine Catanzaro-Blue

Blog Post 1:

I do not know much about bugs. I thought I knew what some types of bugs were that we see in our everyday life but after talking in class today, I think I would be wrong on my guesses. After watching the video on insects I was surprised how little I knew about bugs and insects. I found out several things I did not know and how to characterize insects from bugs. I now know the five main characteristics of insects, just from watching that fie minute video. There is still tons of information to learn about bugs. I want to know which bugs are dangerous and which bugs are not. I want to know which bugs are poisonous and can harm you rather than the bugs that are not poisonous. I want to know how you can figure out if they are poisonous or how to tell whether or not they can be dangerous. I want to know how you determine which bug family the bug belongs in. I am very curious about bugs and how the different parts of the bugs can help you identify them. I never really knew how complicated identifying bugs would be until after today's discussion. To be honest, I am a little bit afraid of bugs. I do not really care for them rather than being afraid of them. If I knew which bugs could hurt me and which bugs could not hurt me, I would not be as scared. I have always thought of bugs in negative terms. I just always thought they could harm you by stinging you or some other way. So I am excited to learn which bugs are not harmful and which to be afraid of. I look forward to being able to tell which bug is which and have a better understanding of bugs. 

To be honest I do not really know much about bugs. The extent of my knowledge on bugs is that I can distinguish between the bugs that one would see on an everyday basis. However after watching the video today in class I know more of the basics than I did before. I now know how to tell insects and bugs apart. It is interesting because last week when I was talking to my friends about this class none of us new the real difference between bugs and insects. There are a lot of things that I hope to learn about bugs from this class. I want to know the difference between the different kinds of bugs and what they can do. Whether or not a specific bug can hurt me or what their purpose is. I am not afraid of bugs, but I do not like having them around me. When I see a bug in my room I freak out a little bit and then try to kill it. The bugs that I am around the most are ants. Early this year my roommates room was infested with ants. Also in my basketball locker room there were ants as well. Hopefully by the end of this class I will know more about bugs and be able to tell them apart.