or, an organism thrives when everything around it thrives as well. Grow only as much as needed.

Theory of mind is a diverse field with many different views and consequences. I land in the 4e camp of epistemology, so I would say experience of insect are equally experiences of conciousness as human experiences. When you let go of human centric parameters the world takes on a very different visage. I liked this article about the 4e theory and it’s implication on the breaking down of the divide between plants and conciousness. https://worldsensorium.com/what-plants-are-saying-about-us/

The dream of wooden pirate starships becomes reality!

wow these are beautiful!

I’ve had no luck getting rid of them by any other means than chemical pest control. I figured since it’s indoor I at least wont harm anything else. It’s important that you use a product that gets absorbed in the sap stream so that when they bite into the leave they get poisoned. They are sturdy bugs, It took me multiple treatments. I used this: