I am a professional entomologist and an avid D&D player. Here is my queation. Why do D20 magazines portray insects so erroniously and goofy. In a recent Dragon Magazine the featured a city in the shadow plane. The city watch rode giant moths which bite. I have news for you moths and butterflies are harmless. They can't bite you and it is not because they are so small. It is because their mouthparts are like a garden hose. They lap up nectar from flowers, the worst they can do is be mad at you.
Ants are another one, they are perceived as having poisonous jaws. This is bulls**t! Ants are closely related to bees and wasps many of them have stingers and others spray poison.
