WILDLIFE Like vertebrates, insects too have ears to hear Geetha Iyer Photographs by Geetha Iyer How do insects hear? Loud and clear, with ears that can be in any part of their ...
Wildlife It’s a bug’s life Geetha Iyer True bugs, of the order Hemiptera, have for too long been seen as pests. It is time to set ...
Fungus farmers TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY GEETHA IYER Insects began farming 40 to 60 million years before humans did. "What sort of ...
Pesky pests GEETHA IYER Flies, cockroaches and mosquitoes feature high on the list of creatures that humans ...
Bees and beetles GEETHA IYER Asian, African and Australian Aborigine myths and folklore, unlike European ones, ...
Insect talk GEETHA IYER Insects communicate to fulfil their physiological needs as do all living beings on ...
Art and architecture GEETHA IYER Insects have inspired artists and poets and also provided architects with examples ...
Marvellous forms GEETHA IYER The commonly held belief is that insects are dirty and disease-carrying, but most ...
Down to earth TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY GEETHA IYER Insects' story is one of constant adaptation; among living beings they probably ...
