question: Why do bugs like to buzz around people's heads, even when being constantly swatted at?
comment: To answer the second half, bugs are generally not intelligent enough to recognize being swatted at is connected to what they are doing. They simply react on impulse to a swat by avoiding it best they can, then go right back to what they are doing. So it's sort of like "Oh hey this tastes good"...."Something is coming my way I should move"...."Oh hey this tastes good".
passages: BULLET::::- Workers of the tropical leafcutter ant bringing leaf fragments back to the nest are at risk of attack by parasitodic phorid flies, who often land on leaf fragments and then proceed to oviposit (egg-lay) into the ant's head. To help combat this, small workers (minims) in at least seven species of "Atta" hitchhike on the leaves, deterring parasitoid attack. Many possible additional functions of hitchhiking have been proposed, some pertinent to social immunity; evidence exists that the primary function of hitchhiking minims' is actually to inspect and clean the leaf fragments prior to their entry into the colony, removing microbial parasites and contaminants.
   Bugs escapes rapid gunfire by running for cover into a haystack. The initial encounter of Bugs with a Japanese soldier presents an optical illusion, that the two share a body. Bugs' head peeks above the haystack, while the legs of the soldier appear below it. Then the owner of the feet confronts Bugs. The soldier has buck teeth, a thin mustache, dark eyeglasses, slanted eyebrows and curly, wavy hair.
   BULLET::::- Plug Bug: Doodle Bug's best friend. He is a craven coward and a little flowery in nature, but stubbornly protective of his sink when it comes to what everyone puts down it. Good to his mother.
  
  BULLET::::- Buggins: Orange worm-like creature. Irritatingly enthusiastic and jolly. Regularly beaten into line by the previous two, he generally came up smiling...until the next time.
   If I sleep in the sun this nigger knows,
  
  If I sleep in the sun this nigger knows,
  
  If I sleep in the sun this nigger knows,
  
  A fly come sting him on the nose.
  
  I feel, I feel, I feel,
  
  That's what my mother said,
  
  Whenever this nigger goes to sleep,
  
  He must cover up his head.
  
  /poem
  
  Section::::In popular culture.
   Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale is a 1975 picture book by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon told in the form of a cumulative tale written for young children, which tells an African legend. In this origin story, the mosquito lies to a lizard, who puts sticks in his ears and ends up frightening another animal, which down a long line causes a panic. In the end, an owlet is killed and the owl is too sad to wake the sun until the animals hold court and find out who is responsible. The mosquito is eventually found out, but it hides in order to escape punishment. So now it constantly buzzes in people's ears to find out if everyone is still angry at it. 
   Something widely spread among insects is body hair, that can be made to swing by sonar waves. Due to the resonance phenomenon certain hairs swing stronger when exposed to a specific sonar-frequency. This specificity depends on the stiffness and the length of the hairs. That is why certain caterpillar species have evolved hair that would resonate with the sound of buzzing wasps, thus warning them of the presence of natural enemies. Moreover, mosquitoes have hair on their antennae that resonate with the flying sound of homogeneous females, enabling the males the ability to detect potential sexual partners.
   Pearson appeared as a “rock-star slut” in an episode of "The Jerry Springer Show". It culminated in a French kiss with Scott Beiben, owner of the record label Bloodlink. Pearson wore a T-shirt for The Locust during the appearance. Pearson later stated "I was beat up during a commercial break by one of the 'security guards' pretty bad for blowing snot on the carpet."
   Its nature as an ill omen is alluded to in the fourth book of John Keats' 1818 poem "Endymion": "...within ye hear / No sound so loud as when on curtain'd bier / The death-watch tick is stifled." ("Stifled" because the death it was portending has taken place.)
   The science fiction writer Eric Frank Russell's 1957 "Wasp" has its protagonist, James Mowry, as a "wasp" terrorist, a small but deadly Terran (human) force in the Sirian Empire's midst.
  
  Section::::Negative qualities.:Greed.
  
  Devouring plagues of locusts are mentioned in literature throughout history. The Ancient Egyptians carved locusts on tombs in the period 2470 to 2220 BC, and a devastating plague is mentioned in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, as taking place in Egypt around 1300 BC. Plagues of locusts are also mentioned in the Quran.
   BULLET::::2. Self-grooming: typical grooming behavior starts with hind legs rubbing against each other, and the abdomen and the wings follow after. The front legs start to rub the head, the mouth parts, and lastly the antennae. Additionally, it has been found that venom secretions, which are slightly antimicrobial, are smeared over the body through grooming, and this suggests that this habit, predominant in females, induces some sort of additional protection against possible pathogens.
  
  BULLET::::3. Flight: flight is characterized by complex hovering and swift changes in flight direction. Individuals keep their legs perfectly near their bodies and their abdomen fully extended.
   Cross-talk between the lateral lobe and the mushroom bodies adds flexibility to learned and innate behavioral responses. An odor may be associated with an attractive behavior, leading most insects of a species to move towards the source of that odor, yet some individuals may move away from that odor because of a past negative encounter with it. So the learned behavioral signal from the mushroom bodies can overrule the innate behavior signal emanating from the lateral horn.
   Nitpicking
  
  Nitpicking is the act of removing nits (the eggs of lice, generally head lice) from the host's hair. As the nits are cemented to individual hairs, they can be removed with most lice combs and before modern chemical methods.
  
  This is a slow and laborious process, as the root of each individual hair must be examined for infestation. It was largely abandoned as modern chemical methods became available; however, as lice populations can and do develop resistance, manual nitpicking is still often necessary.
  
  Section::::Metaphor.
   Section::::Interaction with humans.:Monitoring.
   Dr. Richard Tewksbury was one of the first researchers to acknowledge bug chasing online and that bug chasers were using the Internet to assist their seroconversive efforts. In his more recent research, he gave a strong analysis of what bug chasers and gift givers resemble in their behaviors, attitudes, and demographics.
  
  Drs. Christian Grov and Jeffrey T. Parsons' (2006) research using the internet profiles of 1,228 bug chasers and gift givers identified six subsets of bug chasers and gift givers.
   Bug-eyed monster
  
  The bug-eyed monster is an early convention of the science fiction genre. Extraterrestrials in science fiction of the 1930s were often described (or pictured on covers of pulp magazines) as grotesque creatures with huge, oversized
  
  or compound eyes and a lust for women, blood or general destruction. 
  
  In the contactee/abductee mythology which grew up quickly beginning in 1952, the blond, blue-eyed, and friendly Nordic aliens of the 1950s were quickly replaced by small, unfriendly bug-eyed creatures, closely matching in many respects the pulp cover clichés of the 1930s which have remained the abductor norm since the 1960s.
   BULLET::::- Hocus Locust (voiced by Tony Pope) - Created from rope tricks and based on a locust, Hocus Locust is one of the original Goop-Mandos and is the jokester of the group, always having fun, and often lapsing into inane celebrity impersonations. He has rope coiled around his body which he can control to attack or use for many other purposes, he also is the only Goop-Mando to have four arms. After the Goop-Mandos get their upgrade his rope becomes nylon cords with sharp ends.
   Section::::In other media.:Video games.
  
  BULLET::::- Swarm is referenced in the 2018 "Spider-Man" video game during one of J. Jonah Jameson's podcasts as "a Nazi made of bees". In the comic book adaptation of the game, S.W.A.R.M. (Symbiotic Warfare Anthophila Restraining Model) fully appears in "Spider-Man: City At War" #2.
  
  Section::::In other media.:Toys.
   BULLET::::- "Head Lice": When Butt-Head is thinking of a way to get rid of the lice they cut out Butt-Head's thinking bubble that has a bug zapper in it and then a fly going into it and getting zapped. Then his bubble disappears and where the bug zapper was in his bubble is really there now.
  
  BULLET::::- "Ding-Dong-Ditch": When they are hiding behind the tree on the second house they cut out Two Hours Later, but leave in the One Hour Later.
   In many dipteran groups, swarming is a feature of adult life, with clouds of insects gathering in certain locations. These swarming insects are mostly males, and the swarm may serve the purpose of making their location more visible to females.
  
  Section::::Ecology.:Anti-predator adaptations.
   Section::::Interaction with humans.:Control.
   Lice have no wings or powerful legs for jumping, so they move using their claw-like legs to transfer from hair to hair. Normally, head lice infest a new host only by close contact between individuals, making social contacts among children and parent-child interactions more likely routes of infestation than shared combs, hats, brushes, towels, clothing, beds, or closets. Head-to-head contact is by far the most common route of lice transmission.
  
  Section::::Distribution.
   Bug can cling to walls and has exceptional agility. He has extraordinary sight, with enhanced peripheral vision gained by wearing his helmet. His antennae enable communication with others bearing antennae, and provide heightened sensory awareness with a limited degree of danger sense. 
  
  Section::::In other media.
  
  In an interview for "Guardians of the Galaxy", director and screenwriter James Gunn revealed that Bug was in a previous script for the movie as a part of the team.
   In rare cases, individuals become convinced that the sensation is due to the presence of real insects on or under the skin. In these cases, patients have what is known as delusional parasitosis. They believe that their skin is inhabited by, or under attack by, small insects or similar parasites, despite repeated reassurances from physicians, pest control experts, and entomologists.
  
  Section::::Causes.
   Section::::Repellents and Attractants.:Carbon Dioxide.
  
  Many insects are capable of detecting very minute changes in the concentration of CO. While CO has been found to be an attractant in every arthropod studied and it is very important in mosquito monitoring and control, even this stereotyped reaction can be plastic. Drosophila avoid CO when walking but move towards it when in flight.
  
  Section::::Repellents and Attractants.:Repellants (DEET).
   The head is specialized for receiving sensory information and for feeding. It has eyes and a pair of long, many-segmented antennae. The antennae are important for detecting host odors, as well as odors of breeding sites where females lay eggs. In all mosquito species, the antennae of the males in comparison to the females are noticeably bushier and contain auditory receptors to detect the characteristic whine of the females.
  
presuppositions: If bugs are flying around someone's head and being swatted at, they should understand the risks of staying close and decide to leave.
corrections: Bugs are generally not intelligent enough to understand that they are being swatted at because they are in close proximity to the human, therefore they don't choose to leave.
raw_presuppositions: If bugs are flying around someone's head and being swatted at, they should understand the risks of staying close and decide to leave. Bugs can recognize being swatted at.
raw_corrections: Bugs are generally not intelligent enough to understand that they are being swatted at because they are in close proximity to the human, therefore they don't choose to leave. Bugs are generally not intelligent enough to recognize being swatted at.