A scientist travels across North America in search of a rare beetle, collecting stories along the way.

In modern-day China, a cohort of wasps skilled in cartography establishes a new colony, exercising their suppressive rule over a local beehive. One anarchist bee makes inroads into the wasp colony, setting in motion a subversion of the wasp monarchy and a new, pioneering generation of anarchist bees.

At a space frontier, infected humans are turning into alien moth creatures and the government considers mass executing them all. A scientist who has seen signs of the moths' intelligence must fight for their lives.

An initially unwanted infestation fosters understanding between a woman and the cockroaches in her house.

A boy finds a mysterious caterpillar-like creature in the forest one day. He brings it home and kills it to add to his wildlife collection, but becomes haunted by creatures he can no longer control.

When a bartender discovers that bug bites give him dreams, he attempts to solve his marital problems by making his wife experience the dreams with him.

The female mantis kills her husband ten different ways.

A man adopts a cage full of insects that engage in ritual war against each other and soon comes to be their god. When he begins to act cruelly against them as a corrupt exploration of his own power, the insects escape and begin a killing spree.

When an extraterrestrial bug bites a space explorer in the arm, a comical medical emergency replete with amputations and miscommunications ensues.

After a retired inventor becomes widowed, he decides to take Latin classes and falls for his teacher despite his grief and hesitations.