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Is This Beetle Speaking English? . by Alice B. Clagett

Is This Beetle Speaking English?

Image: “Palo Verde Root Borer (Derobrachus hovorei). Species of insect,” by Mike Ostrowski, 23 June 2021, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Derobrachus_hovorei.jpg … CC BY-SA 4.0 International

Image: “Palo Verde Root Borer (Derobrachus hovorei). Species of insect,” by Mike Ostrowski, 23 June 2021, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Derobrachus_hovorei.jpg … CC BY-SA 4.0 International

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Dear Ones,

If there is not a sound dubb-in, then is this beetle is speaking English? …

Video: ” Screeching Beetle,” @superdataman, in Youtube Shorts … https://youtube.com/shorts/bxylg7iz2Zg?si=OrWF2St52iZlWSGW ..

I can see the beetle’s mouth parts moving in synch with the sounds it is making. If this is an authentic film, then this is what the beetle is saying as the author pokes it with a stick …

Beetle: Hey! Cut that out! Cut it out! STOP i! STOP! Cut it OUT!

Can you hear the beetle? Do you figure it’s a put-on? Or is it true?

One thing to keep in mind when interpreting the speech of nonhuman animals is this: The way they produce sounds results in sounds very different from the sounds produced by human vocal cords. They may be speaking perfect English, but we might have a very hard time figuring out what they are saying because of the different tonal quality of their speech.

Here, for instance, the beetle sounds very raspy and sharp. Human voices sound more melodious. The voices of songbirds sound more melodious still. And so on.

The sound-producing organs of a nonhuman being might have very limited ability to produce consonant sounds. Or maybe inability to produce vowel sounds. Yet they may still be speaking English words.

To make up for lack of certain sounds, they may employ additional ways of communicating. For instance, a Raven will supplement vocalizations with telepathy. It may express complicated concepts with rapping or knocking sounds. It may express cultural concepts through vocalizations and feather displays and ritual dance.

I ran across a sea lion and some seals yesterday at Point Dume, California. These sea mammals need to overcome the sound of the waves in some way in order to be heard by other sea mammals nearby. There is also the impediment of wind when they try to communicate with the human hikers standing far above them on the cliffs.

The sea lion with which I spoke was on a rock outcrop at some distance from the shore. But I could hear it quite well, because it supplemented its loud vocalizations with telepathy. The young seals frolicking in the waves at Point Dume, California, yesterday did the same.

I don’t know too much about how insects talk yet. Let’s practice! …

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OK, here is a Giant Root Borer. It seems to be saying the same thing when prodded. This one adds: Stop it! Stop it! I can’t take it!

Link: “Screech! Giant Root Borer Beetle,” by raydunakin, 30 April 2015, in youtube … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Qo8rvs_G8 ..

Can you hear it talking?

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OK, here is a Brown Prionid Beetle that can talk …

Video: “Talking Beetle? It’s the Brown Prionid – the squeaky beetle!” by Nature Here and Now! – Chris Egnoto, 18 July 2014, in youtube … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14M6BsT5bnA .. 

At timeframe 1:12, when the person begins prodding it, it says: Hey! Hey! You are HURT-ing me! You are HURT-ing me!

Man: OK, stay still.

Beetle: He HURT me … HEY! DON’T hurt me. QUIT it!

Beetle when on screen (anxiously): Don’t hurt me. DON’T HURT ME! You HURT me, dammit! THANK you … very much for not hurting …

Man: Cool!

Video caption: Thank you for watching.

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OK, here is a Cicada …

Video: “The Screaming Cicada,” by Harper’s Playhouse, 1 July 2022, in youtube … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I20G-rnW030 ..

At the beginning of the video … timeframe 0:10 … the man places the caged Cicada in front of his young daughter. Over and over again the Cicada flies into the net separating it from the child, screaming: The BA-by! Maybe I could eat the BA-by!

Then the little girl takes the Cicada out of the cage and places it in her hand.

Shiver me timbers, mates! I am reminded of how a Cicada attacked me with its piercing-sucking mouthparts once when I was a child.

At timeframe 3:20, when the child takes the Cicada off of her sleeve, the Cicada says: Sh-t! DAM-mit!

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I think I’ll buy one of those extra good sound recorders and see if all this is true. Or maybe I could capture insect sounds with my camcorder?

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Written and published on 11 May 2025

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“Santa Monica Mountains Hairstreak Butterfly – Satyrium auretorum fumosum” [likely] . by Alice B. Clagett

"Santa Monica Mountains Hairstreak Butterfly - Satyrium auretorum fumosum" [likely]

Image: “Santa Monica Mountains Hairstreak Satyrium auretorum fumosum” [likely], by Alice B. Clagett, 17 February 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Santa Monica Mountains Hairstreak Satyrium auretorum fumosum” [likely], by Alice B. Clagett, 17 February 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • CONCLUSION
  • VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

This is the first time I ever saw this tiny, dainty, exquisitely beautiful butterfly …

VIDEO BY ALICE

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CONCLUSION

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 17 February 2025; produced and published on 25 February 2025. This is a high-definition film.

See: … Link: “The Complete Butterfly Field Guide of the Santa Monica Mountains,” by Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, https://npshistory.com/publications/samo/brochures/butterfly-field-guide-2011.pdf ..

VIDEO CREDITS

“Santa Monica Mountains Hairstreak Butterfly – Satyrium auretorum fumosum” [likely]
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 17 February 2025 and produced on 25 February 2025
Location: Malibu Creek State Park, Santa Monica Mountains, CA

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by Alice B. Clagett

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Pacific Orangetip Butterfly (Anthocharis sara) . by Alice B. Clagett

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • VIDEO CREDITS
  • MORE INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

This is a video of the Pacific Orangetip Butterfly (Anthocharis sara). The location was Bell Creek Canyon Trail, Simi Hills, California.

As there are no words there is no Summary …

VIDEO BY ALICE

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God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 15 June 2023; produced and published on 24 January 2025; revised on 27 January 2025 and on 29 January 2025 This is a high-definition film.

Pacific Orangetip Butterfly (Anthocharis sara)

Image: “Pacific Orangetip Butterfly,” by Alice B. Clagett, 15 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Pacific Orangetip Butterfly,” by Alice B. Clagett, 15 June 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

VIDEO CREDITS

“Pacific Orangetip Butterfly (Anthocharis sara)”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 15 June 2023
Produced on 24 January 2025
Location: Bell Creek Canyon Trail, Simi Hills, CA

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MORE INFORMATION

Here are the links to the films and photos I made during my 15 June 2023 hike …

Link: “Pacific Orangetip Butterfly (Anthocharis sara),” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 15 June 2023; produced and published on 24 January 2025; revised on 27 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Agu ..

Link: “The Nature Elementals at Bell Creek Are Known as Undines (Water Nymphs or Naiads),” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 15 June 2023; produced and published on 24 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-AgE ..

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Link: “California Toad Subadults and Tadpoles (Anaxyrus boreas halophilus),” by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 15 June 2023; produced and published on 24 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Agz ..

Link: “Bell Creek Toads,” images by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 15 June 2023 and published on 29 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Al5 ..

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Link: “Bell Canyon Trail: Set 1 – 10 April 2023,” images by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 15 June 2023 and published on 29 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Alt ..

Link: “Bell Canyon Trail: Set 2 – 10 April 2023,” images by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 15 June 2023 and published on 29 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-AlL ..

Link: “Bell Canyon Trail: Set 3 – 10 April 2023,” images by Alice B. Clagett. filmed on 15 June 2023 and published on 29 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-AlZ ..

Link: “Bell Canyon Trail: Set 4 – 10 April 2023,” images by Alice B. Clagett. filmed on 15 June 2023 and published on 29 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Ame ..

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Dragonfly and Damselfly Overlighting Devas and Human Hybrids . by Alice B. Clagett

Dragonfly and Damselfly Overlighting Devas and Human Hybrids

Image: “Dragonflies: Are They Magical?” adapted from Image by Roland from Pixabay … Pixabay License

Image: “Dragonflies: Are They Magical?” adapted from Image by Roland from Pixabay … Pixabay License

  • INTRODUCTION
  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
    • OVERVIEW
    • Sidebar: Names for Damselfly and Dragonfly Overlighting Devas and Human Hybrids
    • ANISOPTERAN CLAIR ABILITY: TELESCOPIC REMOTE VIEWING
  • VIDEO CREDITS

INTRODUCTION

Dear Ones,

In this video I describe the esoteric lore about Dragonflies and Damselflies. I present my new names for the Overlighting Devas of Dragonflies and Damselflies, and names for Human Hybrids of Dragonflies and Damselflies. Then I relate a story of a clair gift to me by the Deva of a Dragonfly. I call this clair gift ‘Telescopic Remote Viewing’.

There is an edited Summary after the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

OVERVIEW

Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.

I have a thought for you about a different sort of hybrid that we might see sometimes.

There are Insectians and Insectoids. The first … the Insectians … are the overlighting Spirit of the insect world. The second … the Insectoids … are hybrid beings that might be part human and part the insect.

There are all different kinds of insects … SO many! It is my feeling … and also true in my readings on Esoteric lore … that there must be overlighting Spirits for every single kind of insect … and the same for the higher animals … for all the animals on Earth.

One insect I thought I would mention, because it is featured in the esoteric lore, and in the folklore of the peoples of Earth, is the Dragonfly.

One of the things that I have noticed about dragonflies is that they are thought to be much favored by nature spirits such as Elves and Faeries, who are said to like to take rides on their backs. Elves and Faeries are said to be as fond of Dragonflies in the same way that they are of the Bears.

When you think about Dragonflies, imagine how great they are as hunters, how voracious they are as predators, and in a way, how quintessentially they represent the spirit of the natural world here on Earth … which is, in some lights savage and unforgiving, and on the other hand capable of offering us ecstatic bliss in this moment of the Now because of its natural beauty.

There is nothing quite as beautiful as a Dragonfly; is that not so? The sight of a Dragonfly is said to herald entry into a portion of the forest, for instance, or a portion of a meadow especially favored by nature spirits.

So I am always on the lookout for Dragonflies. I have seen no Dragonflies around the Santa Monica Mountains lately. But I so see lots of Damselflies, which seem somehow to me to be related to Dragonflies, although their wings fold differently.

Damselflies also are very beautiful, and they are very voracious. In a way they are very similar. People sometimes mistake them for Dragonflies. But when Damselflies are at rest, their wings are folded together along their backs … their thorax and their abdomen. And when Dragonflies are at rest their wings don’t really fold; they are held out horizontally … two on each side.

That is how you can tell the difference between Damselflies and Dragonflies. To be certain, you must wait for the insect in question to alight on some object.

I was trying to think of good names for the Overlord of the Dragonflies and for the Overlord of the Damselflies, as there are lots of those out here … and for the Hybrids that are human and which ‘take after’ those beings.

I am going to look up the Latin and let you know about that.

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Sidebar: Names for Damselfly and Dragonfly Overlighting Devas and Human Hybrids

Here are my newly invented words …

Dragonfly … suborder Anisoptera
Deva: ANISOPTERAN
Human Hybrid: ANISOPTEROID

Damselfly … suborder Zygoptera
Deva: ZYGOPTERAN
Human Hybrid: ZYGOPTEROID

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ANISOPTERAN CLAIR ABILITY: TELESCOPIC REMOTE VIEWING

In addition I thought I would mention that I have had an experience of telepathic rapport with a Dragonfly … not the Dragonfly, really, but the Overlord of the Dragonflies … the Anisopteran.

I experienced that the Anisopteran has a clair ability to see far away. You might call this ability Telescopic Remote Viewing.

What happened to me was this: It was as if I were on the back of a Dragonfly, as the Nature Spirits are said to do. It was as if I were flying at breakneck speed along a path through the wilderness that I intended to take.

I was trying to find out where the hiking path led, which turns to take, and so forth. It seemed as if I were on the back of the Dragonfly and as if it flew me there … even though it had been as much as five years since I had been that way.

The Anisopteran seemed to know every inch of the way there. It was an incredible experience … as if I, in your modern terms, were on a drone and the drone was taking me there … except that my experience felt natural rather than mechanical.

So that is another reason to think highly of Dragonflies: They can help you find the way to distant locations should you be lost.

That is all for now, Dear Ones.

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Filmed on 18 April 2023; produced and published on 23 January 2025. This is a high-definition film.

NOTE: I have added the terms Anisopteran, Anisopteroid, Zygopteran, and Zygopteroid here …

Link: “Glossary of Unusual Words and Phrases,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 12 December 2019; updated on 8 June 2023; revised on 19 October 2023, on 16 April 2024, on 26 July 2024, on 3 August 2024, and on 23 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-fzl ..

VIDEO CREDITS

“Dragonfly and Damselfly Overlighting Devas and Human Hybrids”
By Alice B. Clagett

Filmed on 18 April 2023 and produced on 23 January 2025
Location: Sage Ranch, Simi Hills, CA

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by Alice B. Clagett

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Compendium: Victory Trailhead Before the Kenneth Fire – 3 January 2025 . by Alice B. Clagett *

Compendium: Victory Trailhead Before the Kenneth Fire - 3 January 2025

Image: “Victory Trailhead, Simi Hills, California: Raven Spokesman,” by Alice B. Clagett, 3 January 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

Image: “Victory Trailhead, Simi Hills, California: Raven Spokesman,” by Alice B. Clagett, 3 January 2025, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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  • IMAGES

Dear Ones,

Here is a lively series inspired by what happened when I went for a walk in the Simi Hills on 3 January 2025, about a week before the Kenneth Fire occurred near there.

This series includes both videos and images from the hike that day …

VIDEOS

Link: “Ouch! Scorned by a Scrub Jay with a Fine Turn of the Feather – 3 January 2023,” video by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 3 January 2025; produced and published on 12 January 2025; transcribed on 21 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-A8w ..

Link: “‘Raven Parley’ and ‘Hummingbird, Raven, and Alice’s Human Speech at Various Speeds’,” 2 videos by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 3 January 2025; produced on 15 January 2025 and on 18 January 2025; published on 15 January 2025; revised on 18 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-AaL ..

Link: “Ascension Clouds – 3 January 2025,” video by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 3 January 2025; produced and published on 15 January 2025 transcribed on 21 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Aaz ..

Link: “Why Do the Ravens Go ‘Tok-Tok-Tok’? – 3 January 2025,” video by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 3 January 2025; produced and published on 16 January 2025; transcribed on 18 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-AaS ..

Link: “Raven Says: ‘Don’t Throw Rock!’ – 3 January 2025,” video by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 3 January 2025; produced and published on 17 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Ab9 ..

Link: “A Talk with the Grasshoppers – 3 January 2025,” videos by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 3 January 2025; produced on 19 January 2025, and published on 20 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-AcC ..

Link: “Feathery Cloud – 3 January 2025,” video by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 3 January 2025; produced on 20 January 2025; and published on 22 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-AdU ..

IMAGES

Link: “Images Set 1 from Victory Trailhead, Simi Hills, California – 3 January 2025,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 22 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Aek ..

Link: “Images Set 2 from Victory Trailhead, Simi Hills, California – 3 January 2025,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 22 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Aer ..

Link: “Images Set 3 from Victory Trailhead, Simi Hills, California – 3 January 2025,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 22 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-AeF ..

Link: “Images Set 4 from Victory Trailhead, Simi Hills, California – 3 January 2025,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 22 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Af0 ..

Link: “Images Set 5 from Victory Trailhead, Simi Hills, California – 3 January 2025,” by Alice B. Clagett, written and published on 22 January 2025 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-Afe ..

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God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Written and published on 22 January 2025

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