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Insects have appeared in literature from classical times to the present day, an aspect of their role in culture more generally. Insects represent both positive qualities like cooperation and hard work, and negative ones like greed.
In an ancient Sumerian poem, a fly helps the goddess Inanna when her husband Dumuzid is being chased by galla demons. [10] Flies also appear on Old Babylonian seals as symbols of Nergal, the god of death [10] and fly-shaped lapis lazuli beads were often worn by many different cultures in ancient Mesopotamia, along with other kinds of fly-jewellery. [10]
A list of butterflies, moths and caterpillars in fiction. Classification : Fictional animals : Invertebrates : Arthropods : Insects : Butterflies and moths Pages in category "Fictional butterflies and moths"
[93] [94] Catocala myrrha is a synonym for a species of moth known as married underwing. [s] [96] [97] [98] In total the United Kingdom's Natural History Museum lists seven Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) with the myrrha name. [99] Myrrh is a bitter-tasting, aromatic, yellow to reddish brown gum.
Basic moth identification features. While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and ...
“Like moths to a flame” is a saying that alludes to insects’ apparent attraction to artificial light. A new study has found a potential explanation for the behavior.
Japanese rhinoceros beetles, called カブトムシ, kabutomushi meaning "samurai helmet insect" is popular in beetle wrestling. [ 16 ] Beetle wrestling, or more broadly referred to as bugfighting, [ 14 ] is a form of competition whereby two beetles are provoked in order to try to flip over or toss its opponent, [ 14 ] or haul its opponent out ...
Accordingly, Polish mora, Czech můra denote both a kind of elf or spirit as well as a "sphinx moth" or "night butterfly". [4] Other Slavic languages with cognates that have the double meaning of moth are: Kashubian mòra, [5] and Slovak mora. [6] In Slovene, Croatian and Serbian, mora refers to a "nightmare".