"Fair insect! that, with threadlike legs spread out, And blood-extracting bill and filmy wing, Dost murmur, as thou sl…"

"The Sphinx atropos squeakes when hurt, nearly as loud as a mouse, which, when uttered in the most plaintive tone, nat…"

"What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes, Thy one brief parting pang may show: And withering thoughts for soul that das…"

"We still talk in terms of "conquest"-whether it be of the insect world or of the mysterious world of space. We still …"

"Farming insects creates just 1 percent of the greenhouse gases generated by farming an equivalent mass of beef or pork."

"Insects, being so small, do not have oxygen-carrying bloodstreams. What little oxygen their cells require can be abso…"

"An inordinate fondness for beetles."

"Thou art a female, Katydid! I know it by the trill That quivers through thy piercing notes So petulant and shrill. I …"

""Every flying insect that uses four legs for walking shall be avoided by you. The only flying insects with four walki…"

"Ha! Whare ye gaun, ye crawlin' ferlie? Your impudence protects you sairly; I canna say but ye strunt rarely Owre gauz…"