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Cultural entomology

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How insects have affected the world

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Scarab beetles in myth

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Scarab beetles are related to rebirth after death

This is because they reproduce in dung and dead material

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Egyptian God Khepri is depicted

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As a scarab beetle or a man with one for a head

The god of rebirth and the god of the sun

the believed that he rolled the sun out everyday the same way beetles roll dung

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Bees in greek mythology

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Three important bee maidens that played a role with Apollo

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Old tale by indigenous San people

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Mantis is sent out to find the purpose of life

Enlisted a bee which represents wisdom to San people

Bee carried the mantis for days and laid it on a flower which bloomed to be the first human

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African origin mantis is credited with the creation of

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Humans

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Anansi is the spirt of of storytelling in both

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African and Caribbean folklore and brings mischief and wisdom

Anansi is a spider

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North American Indigenous Lakota myth

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Akaoti is a spider-like human in Lakota stories

He was known for his cunning, often mischievous ways. He even managed to deceive another significant trickster, Coyote. Although he sometimes caused trouble, he was also viewed as a teacher.

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Butterflies are associated with

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Sleep by the Blackfoot

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The Innu Cree of Eastern Canada believed that fish were protected by a

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Fly named big biter

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Mothman

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Giant red-eyed winged creature

Story made in the 1960s

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3 plagues in the Bible come from

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Lice flies and locusts

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Christianity flies are symbolic of

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Corruption

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Flies represent the soul of a dead person in

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Ancient Egypt

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Praying mantis symbolizes

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Strength

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Bees and ants symbolize

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Industrialism

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Butterflies are symbolized as the

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Maturation of the human soul

Comes from their metamorphosis

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Arctic native tribe Gwich’in view insects

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As an important part of life and conserve them even though they are not as common

They sometimes consume insects as well

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Inuit word Quipirruit encompasses

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Spiders

Worms

Crustaceans

Insects

Seen with fear but also respected

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Ernst Haeckel

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Artist who depicts insects

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Insects are popular in

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Dutch still life paintings

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Allegory on life and death

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Popular painting with many insects present

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Insects are also prevalent in

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Japanese and Chinese art

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Nature- Printed Japanese Butterflies

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Artwork of butterflies done by impressions

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Tyus wong
Makes kites that look like insects
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South American people may use parts of insects for
Jewelry or clothes
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Caccons may be turned into
Ankle rattles for ceremonies
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Live insects as art
Teathered beetles with jewellery as live art
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Caddisflies make cases which are then used as
Jewelry
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Artists may aid peoples view of insects by making them look
Beautiful rather than scary
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Insects used by JRR Tolkien
Giant spiders represent evil
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The metamorphosis
Book of a man who wakes up as an insect
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Insects in films or comics
Spider man or ant man They are more associated with villains though
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Insects in film
Antz Bugs life Bee movie
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A lot of arthropods in movies make insects
Large and make them villains
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Insects may also be the design of
Ships or structures in movies
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Very popular beetle in culture
Rhinoceros beetle
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insects influence
Music as well
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Most famous insect music reference is the
Beatles
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Important trade product in the past made by insects
silk
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130bc was the creation of the
Silk Road
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Silk is used to make
Cocoons and webs in the wild
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Spiders silk is used for
Textiles as it is stronger than steel and it is elastic
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Spiders are difficult to rear en-mass because they are
Predators and would kill each other
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Yeast is artificially modified to help make
Silk proteins and then silk
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Insect products makes
Natural dyes as well that can be used as food
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Red dye is made of
Insects
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Biomimicry
Traits of arthropods being integrated into technology
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Insect-inspired robot maintain
The centre of gravity at the centre of mass
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Insects like flies inspire
Flying robots
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Robots grouped together to complete a task mimic
Swarms of insects
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Insect eyes have inspired
Artificial eyes of drones to detect movement Copies the way light enters the ommatidia in the compound eye Can detect high speed in dim environments
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Skyscraper in Zimbabwe takes inspiration from
African Termite mound that does not need temperature regulation Air is drawn in by fans on the first floor and either heated or cooled by the mass of the building and enters offices before leaving the chimneys
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Darkling beetles
Collect water from air Tiny bumps and grooves collect water from water vapour that condenses and then the water falls into their mouth
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Honeybees can sniff out
Explosives or illegal drugs can be more easily trained than dogs Bee capsules are given a reward for sticking out their tongue when provided with a certain odour Eventually the bees will stick out their tongue without the reward
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Honey is used for
treating infections and sore throats Has anitmicrobial properties due to high-sugar to water ratio
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Venom of bee stings may ha e
Antiinflamitory properties Can be used for arthritis
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Bee venom may be used for lipstick because
It causes increased circulation which makes more plump and firm lips
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Dangers of bee venom
Can be allergic
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Spider venom can be used as
Insecticide Can be encoded into BT
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Maggots can be good at
Removing dead tissue to allow growth of living tissue Can be used to clean wounds and must be sterilized and monitored
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Maggots were overshadowed by
Penicillin
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maggots in medicine use comeback
Maggots being used for antibiotic resistant infection or infection involving flesh-eating bacteria
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Maggot use is
Cheaper and has less complications that antibiotics Can be an alternative to surgery Cause rapid healing and less scarring
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Insect in genetic research
Fruit fly as one of the first model organisms in genetics This fruit fly matches 60 percent of human genes and 75 percent of human disease causing genes Can be studied easily due to short generation time meaning changes can be implemented quickly
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Entomophagy
Consuming insects
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Iroquois consumed
Ants or nymphs of cicada
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Grasshopper consumption
Consumed by indigenous culture and are first dried or roasted
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Indigenous groups also consumed
Raw fly larvae
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Modern society consumes
Less insects due to spread of western views (GOOD LIKE WTF)
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Group of people that eat the most insects
Mexicans
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China uses insects as
meal for vertebrae livestock
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Insect as livestock food use has been
Increasing
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Insects are packed with
Nutrients
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Insect protein is more available than
Plant-based proteins
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Exoskeleton may be consumed for
Fiber
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Probiotics
Live microbes that are consumed to assist naturally occurring gut fauna
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Prebiotics
Help nourish already existing gut fauna in humans
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Chitin can be used as a
Prebiotics
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Insects are more sustainable as food than
Livestock
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Food and water is more readily turned into edible tissues because insects are
Ectothermic
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Insects are also much easier to
rear because they need less food and water
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Percentage of consumable parts of an insect is
Greater than that of a cow
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Insects have very low amount of
Space needed for rearing
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Insect manure can also be used to feed
Fish
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Insects reared for food also produces less
CO2 and greenhouse gases
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Insect flour is much more nutritious than
Regular flour
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Real challenge of entomophagy
Overcoming the perception of insects They are seen as gross Insects being more visually appealing would make people more likely to eat them
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Harvesting wild insects is hard because
Some may be poisonous Pesticide may accumulate in insect
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It is important to take what into account when rearing insect
Food quality given to insects
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Insect rearing and processing is
Difficult to understand difficulty and price wise because it is a new type of agriculture.

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