Insects
Beautiful Butterflies
Butterflies are found worldwide. They live on every continent, except Antarctica, and in many diverse environments. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and their colors span the rainbow. Like flowers in flight, butterflies manifest the artwork of God across the globe.
Fire-loving Beetle
The Melanophila beetle is one of many creatures that actually hunt for fires. Its name means “black-loving” because the beetle likes freshly burned, blackened wood, where the female lays her eggs. Often the charred wood is still hot and smoldering when the beetles arrive.
Amazing Ants
Ants have taken over the world, it seems, but they didn’t do it alone! One reason they’re so successful is their ability to communicate with each other—where to go, what to watch out for, how to help.
Bee Scouts
Bee scouts seek out new flowers and new sources of food. But what motivates a bee scout? What makes her take risks, explore the unfamiliar, unselfishly bring back news of her discoveries and set out again to spend herself for the sake of the hive?
Articles About Insects
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Magazine ArticleDarwin’s TermitesMarch 1, 1996, pp. 24–25
The testimony of termites is to creation.
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Magazine Article‘Snake-Head’ MothSept. 1, 1995, pp. 52–53
This large Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) has a built-in 'scarecrow'.
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Magazine ArticleDragonflies: Designed to Dart!Dec. 1, 1993, pp. 20–23
The dragonfly’s marvellous ability to dart sideways, upwards, hover, and instantly change direction, is due to impressive design features.
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Magazine ArticleBeetles . . . Nature’s WorkaholicsSept. 1, 1993, pp. 30–31
Although many of us may prefer to keep our distance from beetles, a close look at these tireless toilers is a rewarding exercise.
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Magazine ArticleBeautiful ButterfilesDec. 1, 1992, pp. 10–13
Hunting for butterfly eggs is a difficult business. Not only because they are vanishingly small but because the female of the species attaches them almost exclusively to the underside of leaves.
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Magazine ArticleWhat a Body!March 1, 1991, pp. 44–45
If a car manufacturer were to succeed in somehow making the same material as the outer skeleton of the humble stag beetle—its ‘armour-plating’—he'd be a multi-millionaire overnight!
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