Just the other day I was thinking to myself, “self, I wish there was an organization out there that would take a good, hard look at what we call different insects and make sure we aren’t offending anyone,” and voila, a few days later I stumbled upon just the group I was looking for: The Entomological Society of America.
Who says there’s no such thing as miracles?
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