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

"Happy the Cicadas live, since they all have voiceless wives."

"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 …"

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