Editorial

Insects, the tiny architects of our ecosystems, embody resilience, diversity, and ingenuity. From the industrious hum of bees weaving life into our landscapes, to the quiet persistence of ants carving networks beneath our feet, insects are both ordinary and extraordinary. They are the unseen engineers of pollination, decomposition, and ecological balance, underpinning the very fabric of life on Earth…

Editor’s Picks

Bones by Michael Reeks
Endosymbiont by Gabrielle Jawer
Enjoy Your Garden says the sign above the canister of Insect Killer in Tesco by Julian Bishop
Harvest by Gillian Neimark
winter by Kaitlin Stack Whitney

Poems

Bones by Michael Reeks
Bug a-bed by Sravya Darbhamulla
Canto de grillos by Marisa López Soria
Citizen science by Anthea Lacchia
Endosymbiont by Gabrielle Jawer
Enjoy Your Garden says the sign above the canister of Insect Killer in Tesco by Julian Bishop
Harvest by Gillian Neimark
light and dark of it by Jean Bohuslav
May Bee by Gaye Manwaring

Melolontha melolontha by Suzanna Fitzpatrick
Midges by Liz Kendall
Ode to My Iridescence by Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Othered / Othering by Finola Scott
Overwintering by Diana Woodcock
Parides Burchellanus by Glyn Maxwell
Pine processionary moths by Anne Eyries
Terminator by Martin Zarrop
winter by Kaitlin Stack Whitney

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