Insects as interactants in artists’ minds: Symbols and anti-symbols

• Published in: Comptes rendus. Biologies Vol. 342; no. 7-8; pp. 249 - 250
• Main Authors: Rahbé, Yvan, Keller-Rahbé, Edwige, Orlandi, Sibylle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Masson SAS 01.09.2019
• Subjects: adults; Aphididae; bees; Belgium; biodiversity; case studies; caves; Central Africa; Central European region; children; Coleoptera; color; conception; data collection; dung beetles; ecosystems; entomologists; entomology; females; flight; Formicidae; highways; host plants; humans; Indonesia; insect taxonomy; Jews; larvae; lignite; metamorphosis; mildews; milking; monuments; museums; Muslims; Orthoptera; parthenogenesis; Psyllidae; rearing; society; surveys; trophic levels; Belgium; Central Africa; Central European region; Indonesia

Insects, as small animals of frequent and easy access to humans, at least under their non-flying larval stages, have always been of interest to our species. The interest has probably been nutritional, but also naturalistic and symbolic. Many aspects of insects’ biology are of high symbolic potential...