To Put You At Ease With Creepy-Crawlies, Entomologists Face Your Fears
Nancy Miorelli posts photos of insects on her face on social media in hopes that the images will help normalize insects.
For a girl growing up on a one-lane dirt road in a Connecticut town, it seemed the only way to look was up.
But Nancy Miorelli was nearsighted, so although she spent most days outside until dinnertime, she couldn't see the birds flying above her head.
"So I guess that left things that were crawling on the ground," the 27-year-old entomologist says.
Yep, bugs. But poor eyesight isn't the reason she puts herself in what others might feel is nightmarish proximity to bugs these days.
No, Miorelli lets them rest on her face because she wants others to see them as she does: beautiful, diverse and necessary.
