All pictures posted are MINE and are currently copyrighted. There is no visible watermark, but the credits are inside the archive of the picture and I possess them and have ways to prove my claims if needed. ANY form of disclosure such as sharing or posting my pictures without my permission will result in the appropriate actions taken through the law. Copyright infringement will not be tolerated. My target pictures are wildlife; I have to be hard on copyright infringement because I have no idea what the other person will use the pictures for. I will never allow one of my pictures being used to cause any form of harm to the insect, animal, plant or fungus in question. If the picture will be used to help the species in question, feel free to contact me with the details and I will give permission to use the picture. If the objective is to help the species in question, there is not even a need to post credits, and this can be proven by screenshotting this description. Read further on to see my way of thinking about nature:

 

"Different species of insects use plants as a resource in a relationship involving herbivory, pollination and dispersal of seeds. The evolutionary success of plants and flowers is directly linked to their association with insects. Plants and insects coevolved extraordinarily in a fight for survival that includes alternatives to escape herbivory and ways to bypass those defences.

 

Millions of years ago, way before humans took possession of natural habitats and established themselves in properties, the narrow interaction between insects and plants was already happening and is one of the many reasons responsible for the planet's biodiversity as we know.

 

Mankind replaced the naturally adapted vegetation for agriculture, destroying original environments, altering landscapes and inventing agrochemicals; toxins that not only cause environmental degradation, but also imbalances in the ecosystem. They also interfered with natural biological control and pollination, and contaminated the air, water, soil and their own food. From the moment they created the farming system - unnatural environments propitious to the proliferation of insects -, mankind is the only responsible for the status of "pest" that some species carry.

 

There is no doubt about the importance of insects, not only as pollinators, but as recyclers and direct agents in the food chain. However, human actions are causing a heavy drop in the population of insects across the world. This catastrophe directly affects and influences how the biological systems work, maintain and are regulated, which implies our own survival. Live and let live." - Kelly Silva, text adapted by Oscar Cordeiro Bezerra Neto

  

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