Articles in the Insects etc. Category
A crowded tangle of twigs,
a scout with a bright idea;
conspiring alone at the jumping-off point
of an ambitious treasure hunt.
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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae
Fly this fast and the world never looks the same,
the tipsy universe whips by in a wing’s beat.
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Honey bee | Apis mellifera
A spontaneous leap into a new space age,
escaping an exhausted flower, ignoring old sign-posts.
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Honey bee | Apis mellifera
A young mantis takes a curious turn,
exploring a place seldom noticed,
lost to a larger world,
illuminated by scattered diamonds.
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Praying Mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
A toy-box explorer with a troubled back-story
attempts to map the overcrowded microwilderness,
finding larger patterns in the small spaces between buds.
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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae
The Grand Canyon? Barsoom? Pandora? Maybe.
No bigger than a moonlet,
Queen of an alien laboratory for spontaneous choreography,
a spider squares the circle at the labyrinth’s center.
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Spider | Arachnid
A sharp honey bee on her way to the wild side of the garden,
too chic for her own good.
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Honey bee | Apis mellifera
Over lichen-covered bark,
an ant runs late for her next appointment,
leaving a blurred memory of a bewildered oak.
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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae
Returning home with ill-gotten gains,
slicing through the garden,
skyscraper stems bend and sway,
a scale model speeds through space.
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Honey bee | Apis mellifera
More than a rumor of a summer storm,
a psychological stargazer spins telepathic fires
as the summer burns out the night.
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Katydid | Tettigoniidae
The red-eye to the dark side beckons,
a hotshot young assassin stalks a world gone feral,
no pillow talk from this demon.
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Assassin bug | Zelus luridus
