| Show most bugs are harmless Harm lest women dont think so like the weather bugs are always with us they do maypole dances around our picnic lunches they drop from the rafters while comeri faint and strong men turn pale and bite bile their heir lips to keep back a scream they scuttle across the floor unexpectedly more terrifying sometimes than a lion in a jungle so what can you do about them nothing just accept them the united states department of agriculture tells us that out of species of insects only 7 species are harmful you mathematically minded folks can spend a pleasant afternoon figuring out what percentage of the bugs you meet are harmless then you can sit back and relax you have better than an even chance of surviving in an open war between man and the insect world the department of agriculture has classified all the different kinds of insects the critters have been mounted and filed so that no metter matter what kind of insect you find its pretty sure to have a cousin or uncle in washington where the ento know all about its personal and family history the department receives and identifies thousands of unknown insects in sent in from all over the country each year plant quarantine inspectors at various ports watch for crawling creatures in foreign shipments and upon discovering one they send it to washington posthaste post haste for identification and if washington says its harmful the shipment just land all nothing upsets the department as much as the appearance of an unclassified insect the experts cant sleep well until they know all about each bug |
