Category: Insects

Tiny creatures that sting and bite us become monsters in our minds. They take us by surprise, feed off us, attack, cause pain and illness and sometimes maim or kill. Yet except for parasites that feed off mammal blood, most insects have zero interest in hurting humans. The stings and bites are most usually the …

They creep, they crawl, they’re tiny and they’re vicious. They’ve been around for more than 350 million years, longer than dinosaurs and flowering plants, and you can find them everywhere on earth, from freezing cold to baking hot regions. And there’s more than a million species of them — for each person reading this, there …