Consider the following questions: What insects do we find in art? What insects affect us psychologically? Can you think of any song, book or movie based on insects? What insects have been deified? Do insects carry any symbolism? Maybe you've seen Dürer's stag beetle or Jiminy Cricket. Perhaps you've experienced entomophobia (fear of insects). You might have heard Flight of The Bumblebee, read 'Metamorphosis,' or seen 'The Fly.' The Egyptian's deified the scarab beetle and the ancient Greek cult of Artemis worshipped the bee. As you work like an industrious ant, your mind might think of love as you watch a butterfly drift by. We begin to realize the extent to which insects have become a part of almost every facet of the humanities. We'll call these cross-spectrum snippets "Cultural Entomology."

Passion Vine Times Introductory article to Issue 4 Japanese Crests Butterfly designs as family crests Scaly Type Kjell Sandved's Butterfly Alphabet Butterfly Etymology by Matthw Rabuzzi Butterflies of Ancient Mexico Review of Carlos Beutelspacher's book Native American Mythology by Dr. Ron Cherry Cicely Mary Barker Flower Fairies Moth Cocoon Artifacts by Dr. Richard Peigler Textile Sculptures from Annemieke Mein, Australia Lepidopteral Symbolism by Ron Gagliardi

Introductory Notes Introductory notes for Issue 3 William Rowe by Dexter Sear Rodney Matthews by Dexter Sear Greek Cricket Cages by Herbert Weidner, Hamburg, Germany D. Keith McE. Kevan by Vernon R. Vickery, Lyman Museum, McGill University Chinese Pictographs by Prof. Ju, Huang, China Chinese Cricket Culture by Jin, Xing-Bao, Shanghai, China Japanese Singing Insects Robert W. Pemberton USDA-ARS Cicada in Chinese Folklore by Garland Riegel Cicadas in Ancient Greek Culture by Rory B. Egan, Canada Back Cover The 'grigs' are coming in "Locust Frenzy"

E. A. Seguy by Dexter Sear Hieroglyphs A collection of Egyptian hieroglyphs Beetles in Textiles by Victoria Z. Rivers, UCD Insects in Psychiatry by Phillip Weinstein, James Cook University, Australia Beetles as Religious Symbols by Yves Cambefort, Paris, France

Who? What? Why? Introductory paragraphs for Issue 1 Cultural Entomology by Dr. Charles Hogue, Annual Review of Entomology, Vol 32 Values and Perceptions by Dr. Stephen Kellert, Yale Spirit & Enlightenment by Dr. Huang Ju, Hobei Province, China Oriental Art by Gloria McMillan, SASI INC. (Backyard BugWathching Issue. 14, 1992 Sericulture by Dr. Ron Cherry ESA, Bull. Entomol. Soc. Am. (35:83-84) Numismatics by Dr. Kirby Brown, San Joaquin Co. Agricultural Comm. Off Australian Aborigines by Dr. Ron Cherry, American Entomologist (32: 8-13) ESA Mesopotamian Literature by Dr. Carlos Betoret, Valencia, Spain The Insects of M.C. Escher by Dexter Sear