Through history and across cultures, insects have inspired artists and challenged viewers to shift their perspective One day when Barrett Klein was a young boy, he found a dead butterfly in the driveway of his family’s house and marveled at its beauty. It was a transformative moment. “At age five I had a nebulous epiphany in which I knew that insects would be the core of my existence,” says Klein, who is now an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He’s also an artist, and insects feature prominently in his art. Throughout history and across many cultures, insects have inspired artists and artisans. Moth larvae, bees and beetles have…