A bee is an exquisite chemist.

A bee is an exquisite chemist. Royal Beekeepers Association

The cicada sings unseen in the trees, its voice a remnant of summer's heat. Basho Matsuo

A dragonfly can spend up to five years of its life underwater as a nymph before emerging to fly for maybe a month. Sir David Attenborough

The life of a butterfly is like a delicate and short-lived dream.

A grasshopper's leap is a dance of freedom.

A grasshopper's leap is a dance of freedom. Amos Bronson Alcott

The firefly's glow is a flicker of magic in the night, a beacon of wonder.

Butterflies are self-propelled flowers. R.H. Heinlein

A fly is but an industrious attendant upon the perfumed flower. Michael Faraday

The honeybee's mind is a toil of cells, a brilliance of wax and sweetness.

The honeybee's mind is a toil of cells, a brilliance of wax and sweetness. Carolyn Forché

The buzzing of the bee signifies a life well-lived, a purpose fulfilled.

The spider is an odious object; its body is foul, and its prey are filthy. Johann Gottfried Herder

The silkworm spins in solitude, creating threads of opulence from its own being.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Rabindranath Tagore

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. Margaret Atwood

The cockroach survives not because of its beauty, but because of its adaptability.

The cockroach survives not because of its beauty, but because of its adaptability.

Moths are not very beautiful, are they? Yet they can tell us some things about the world that bees cannot.

Moths are not very beautiful, are they? Yet they can tell us some things about the world that bees cannot. Carl Sagan

Ants are more like humans than many humans are. Lynn Kelly

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower. Kin Hubbard

The mantis is the harbinger of silence. It is like a stone, poised on the ground, unmoving. Paul Twitchell

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