Insects Quotes

We would like to grow potatoes of many kinds, greens, squash, and beans, and to learn what plants will accompany them as habitat for beneficial insects. If you want to help, you will enjoy a harvest. - Michael Thompson

We propose this with great caution, ... The evidence, after all, only applies strongly to insects. Human altruism and tight-knit societies may well have evolved differently. But if it is true, it would help us understand the group aggression and warfare so widespread today. Those who study human biology and behavior should take a new look at this possibility. - Edward O. Wilson

We pride ourselves on not having any large and horrible spiders in this country. Secondly they also eat native invertebrates and other insects and so there is the potential to have impacts on those populations. - Sonya Bissmire

We now have a clear picture of how this extraordinarily dominant ... and successful ... group of insects originated and diversified. - Corrie Moreau

We no longer have to get up at 4 a.m. We can sleep in until 6 a.m. The only problem is that we're all awake most of the night due to the high heat, humidity and being eaten alive by the steroid-enhanced flying insects around here. - Timothy Egan

Water keeps hogs cool during the summer months, and the hogs use mud to help protect their skin from insects. Hogs root to eat, and rooting in muddy areas is much easier than rooting in dry areas. - David Hayden

Using native plants are becoming more popular nowadays because of the growing awareness of the many qualities they bring to a garden. Native plants are more adapted to our climate, and have fewer problems with disease and insects. - Lorenz Inos

Troy used to offer a program on insects. This year he's talking about dirt. - Jeff McCutcheon

This species of bat has been observed capturing insects near the ground and vegetation, which suggests they have a wider repertoire of sonar-guided behavior than previously recognized. We thought the sonar strobe groups might be well suited to helping the bat distinguish a small object from the more complex background you would find in the wild. - Cynthia Moss