Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos." -- Edmund O. Wilson, quoted in Curt Stager, "The Silence of the Bugs," The New York Times [thanks to realinterrobang for quoting this earlier]