As a child, I was an avid collector of insects. Back then, I wasn’t aware that they are the most numerous, successful and important animals on earth. I was simply fascinated by their diverse forms and beauty, especially beetles.
Still, for most people, insects inspire revulsion rather than awe, and few creatures on this earth are as maligned. We poison them, step on them, swat them and fear them. They invade our dreams as well as our crops – a plague, a scourge to be eradicated, wiped out and cleansed from the earth.

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