lepidoptera

• “After they become flies, they prey principally on the class of insects termed lepidoptera, and diptera of Linneus.”

  The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes

• “Last week, for instance, both sides were said to be chasing after the lepidoptera that is known as David Brooks, author of The Social Animal, a book about how our unconscious minds can make us successful sample sentence: "He was tall and since one study estimated that each inch of height corresponds to $6,000 of annual salary in contemporary America, that matters".”

  The Guardian: Why drown Ken Clarke in this tidal wave of phony anger? | Rachel Cooke

• “The specimen will become part of the museum's lepidoptera collection.”

  The Guardian: Half male, half female butterfly steals the show at Natural History Museum

• “As the door opened, the much darker and slicker oligochaeta slithered into the lepidoptera home.”

  Fictionaut: Caterpillars in love.

• “Will you come upstairs, Dr. Watson, and inspect my collection of lepidoptera?”

  Fictionaut: The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars

• “It wasnt the time of year for Monarchs, the migratory lepidoptera that gave Pacific Grove its subtitle of Butterfly Town, U.S.A., and Kathryn Dance wondered what kind it was.”

  Simon & Schuster: Roadside Crosses

• “Elnora's continuing quest for marketable lepidoptera permits her to become a popular, nicely dressed high school girl.”

  Fictionaut: Catacomb Efreet

• “The terrestrial avifauna of 10 species is impoverished but the terrestrial invertebrate fauna includes 200 species of fly, 150 beetles and over 280 lepidoptera.”

  St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom

• “The invertebrate fauna shows a high degree of endemism, with 36 of the 78 species of lepidoptera.”

  Subantarctic Islands, New Zealand

• “The worst are those which steal upon me unawares, when I select the profile of an attractive looking gentleman, then note with dismay that all the other photos he has included are overrun with lepidoptera larvae.”

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