I have an article in press that begins with just this question.
The insect does not belong to our world. One would be inclined to say that the insect comes from another planet, more monstrous, more energetic, more insane, more atrocious, more infernal than our own. – Maurice Maeterlinck, THE INSECT’S HOMER
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