top 5 insects?! 🐜 🐛
Number One: Moths/Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
They are so colorful and patterned! I love watching them fly around and there's just something so beautiful about it. Plus, the whole thing about monarch butterflies and their migratory habits is incredibly amazing to me
Number Two (Tied): Bees and Wasps (in Hymenoptera)
Both of these incredibly diverse groups are very important to both the planet and my heart. Both (but bees especially) pollinate all manner of flowers. Their social dynamics are fascinating (though I still love all the solitary ones too). Plus, black and yellow is such an iconic color combination and they pull it off well.
Number Three: Mantises (Mantodea)
They're so good at camouflage that I often miss them myself! They are very good at being predators and I have so much respect for that. There is just something about them that is incredibly inspirational. Very pretty.
Number Four: Fireflies (Lampyridae, in Coleoptera (beetles))
They glow!!!!!!!!!!
Number Five: Cicadas (Cicadoidea, in Hemiptera)
Their songs are very alluring and peaceful for me personally, so they just put me at ease. I love them. Their life cycle (partly underground) is so funky and their empty shells are always such a cool find
