# Why we need bugs

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxColumbus
- Speaker: Danae Wolfe
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/danae_wolfe_why_we_need_bugs)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Conservation photographer Danae Wolfe wants to dispel the notion that "the only good bug is a dead bug," using data, images and humor to demonstrate how bugs are an integral part of our ecosystem and, on occasion, just as lovable as the rest of the animal kingdom.

## Lectures

1. [Why we need bugs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/danae_wolfe_why_we_need_bugs/c80a4d58910c), 14 min (TED's player)