Miniature life at its best

Website: www.insects.orgALMOST all civilisations hold insects as an important element within their cultures. Scarab beetles were central religious artifacts within Egyptian culture.

The Chinese viewed cicadas as a symbol of birth or immortality, the San of the Kalahari believe the praying mantis represents creation and patience, and the Greeks also created beautiful representations of scarab beetles using colourful stones. Grasshopper behaviour is used to predict rains in many parts of India.

www.insects.org acquaints us with the diverse ways in which insect life has become intertwined with that of humans. That is not all. Want to know about the torticid moth, moss mantid or the diverse patterns on butterfly wings? Click on this site.