image: There are thousands of haiku about insects, spiders, and related arthropods. A new study reveals which kinds and which aspects of their biology are represented.
Credit: Michael Tribone / Penn State, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Butterflies, bees, ants and flies are the most widely referenced arthropods in a sample of almost 4,000 haiku - which commonly describe their color, flight and ecology
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0298865
Article Title: Diversity and complexity of arthropod references in haiku
Author Countries: USA
Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.
Journal
PLOS ONE
Article Title
Diversity and complexity of arthropod references in haiku
Article Publication Date
3-Apr-2024
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.