How large unto the tiny fly,
Must little things appear! --
A rosebud like a feather-bed,
Its prickle like a spear:

from The Fly by Walter de la Mare

Today I saw the dragon-fly
Come from the wells where he did lie.

An inner impulse rent the veil
of his old husk; from head to tail
Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.

`He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;
Through crofts and pastures wet with dew
a living shaft of light he flew.'

from Tennyson The two voices

`Tis vain to talk of hopes and fears
and hope the least reply to win,
From any maid that stops her ears
In dread of ear-wigs creeping in!

in Love lane by T. Hood

The locusts have no king, yet go forth all of them in bands.

Solomon: Proverbs 30:25

"Insects generally must lead a jovial life.
Think what it must be to lodge in a lily.
Imagine a palace of ivory and pearl, with pillars of silver
and capitals of gold, and exhaling such a perfume as
never arose from human censer.
Fancy again the fun of tucking one's self up for the night
in the folds of a rose, rocked to sleep by the gentle sighs
of summer air, nothing to do when you awake but to
wash yourself in a dewdrop, and fall to eating your
bedclothes."

--unknown (from 1912 text, "How to Speak in Public", G. Kleiser, Funk & Wagnalls)

What about predation and the lack of legal representation? What about benzene rings adorned with chlorine? What about one night stands and single mothers with 300 offspring on their hands? What about entomologists, amateur collecting enthusiasts and manipulating physiologist?

These insects must surely be, from an idealized life history.

B.White

And as it works, the industrious Bee
Computes its time as well as we.

Andre Marvel in The Garden

Bug Blox

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