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6legs is a blog of buggy art, photos, and other creative stuff by Sue, an erstwhile yank and entomologist living in Canada's capital.

Feedback is always welcome, either by comments to the entries, or an email to sue@6legs.com.

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Betta
It's not a bug; it's a feature
Organic farm

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this place seems rather spooky in a weird way. Its a shame the town is obliterated. It was a nice little town in the old days.

by james on Fire in the hole -- Centralia, Pennsylvania

October 2006

Betta

Tags: digital, fish, sketch

It's not a bug; it's a feature

bedbug.jpg

I've been reading a lot lately about the re-emergence of the bedbug in North America. Stories from unlucky people with infestations all agree that the bugs are terribly hard to exterminate.

On the plus side, a bad infestation apparently smells like fresh raspberries.

Organic farm

Organic FarmThis was done for an article on organic farms in the now (sadly) defunct Nature Canada magazine. The farm that inspired this picture is on Pelee Island, the southernmost point of Canada. As such, they have a lot of Carolinan species that aren't found anywhere else in the country.

The island is also booming in organic agriculture, which in turn is bringing tourism dollars to a pretty isolated place and providing more wildlife habitat than most modern farms. Good for people, good for wildlife, good all around.