1.   In the tundra there is a massive growth of ground vegetation and insect life in a very short spring and summer.

2.   Night-time average temperatures would increasingly leave much larger areas frost-free, leading to increases in insect life.

3.   Silt, washed from deep forestry ploughing, smothers plants, endangering insect life and therefore fish survival also.

4.   The insect life of the leaves and grass was stilled.

5.   Out of the drone of insect life around us I could distinguish the sound of an aeroplane engine.

6.   Aquatic insect life is sparse.

7.   Bleeding sores and lesions are turned into miniature ecosystems of plant and insect life.

8.   I can sit still for cheeseburger-engorged out-of-state columnists taking cheap shots at our weather, abundant insect life, voting machines and overall combustibility.

9.   Several poems in this collection explore the moral and eschatological dimensions of insect life.