Bugs: We Couldn’t Live Without Them I know, a lot of folks might be saying to themselves right now, “Well, I could certainly live without them.” It is interesting how much animosity we have toward some of the smallest critters in our world. It has even crept into our language. When something bothers us or gives us some concern, we don’t say that it “birds us,” “fishes us,” or “mammals us,” we say that it “bugs us.” So, let me try to set the record straight about bu ...