60 Insect Life : Its Why and Wherefore 
clouds of gnats — each several insect a 
marvel of exquisite fragility, that even 
the clumsy touch of man will crush and 
destroy — how wonderful your construction ! 
— how unsurpassed the beauty of your 
wings ! You are a wee bit troublesome 
sometimes during the hot summer evenings, 
but when I look at your multitudinous 
numbers, I feel that things are not so 
bad but they might be worse. What if 
you were all mosquitos instead of gnats ? 
