There is Earth, Time and Sky. Look to the skies for insects and you will be amazed at what you discover.
We love insects and view them as a sign of ecological health. The little brown bats that live here devour thousands of mosquitos on their nightly rounds. Mosquito control companies deprive them of their food and are unnecessary; bats work for free.
We let spiders live in the house, they do no harm, and feast on mosquitos and the occasional carpenter ant.
We recently rescued a stag beetle blown from trees during a windstorm. It was a thing of marvel to gaze upon and made a valiant attempt to recover, but did not. The turkey that ate it enjoyed a big gulp of protein so nothing went to waste.
Gardeners know that insects are beneficial in most cases, and those that are not are often relished by ones that are.
If you’d like to learn more, the Field Guide to Insects of North America is a great resource. The following is an excerpt from Appreciating Insects: A Note from Kenn Kaufman, co-author of Field Guide to Insects of North America.
“If variety is indeed the spice of life, then insects are the spiciest creatures on earth. Their seemingly endless variety is almost impossible to comprehend. It is also utterly unknown to most people…Many regard ‘the fly’ as a pesky presence, but we have more than 16,000 flies on this continent, many with bizarre shapes and bright colors. Beetles are unbelievably diverse, with over 24,000 kinds known in North America, many looking like living jewels. This is most emphatically not a pest-control book – plenty of those are available already. Insects are not pests to me. They are symbols of diversity, gems of novelty, a magical kingdom open to anyone who will take the time to look.”
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