Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News
  • Published:

What's the point of insects?

Nature (2006)Cite this article

They're worth a cool $57 billion to the United States each year, that's what.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. LoseyJ. E.& VaughanM. BioScience, 56. 311 - 323 (2006).

Download references

Authors
  1. Michael Hopkin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Cornell University

Related links

Related links

Related links in Nature Research

Earth and environment news

Ecology and evolution news

Business news

Food in focus

Organic farming in focus

Related external links

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Cornell University Department of Entomology

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hopkin, M. What's the point of insects?. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news060327-19

Download citation

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news060327-19

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing