Los artrópodos en la obra de Miguel Hernández (original) (raw)

The references to arthropods that we have found in the poetic works of Miguel Hernández are mentioned and commented upon, noting other complementary elements extracted from his prose, plays and personal correspondence. In his works, insects, mainly bees, their societies and their derivatives (drones, honey, wax, hives, honeycombs, swarms) are the most frequent references, but other entomological items are mentioned as well, such as fireflies, weevils, dung beetles, bumblebees, ants, anthills, locusts, butterflies, moths, cicadas, katydids, crickets, grasshoppers, wasps, wasps’ nests, maggots (larvae of necrophagous flies) and other "worms" (silkworms, apple maggots or pine processionaries), woodworms, mosquitoes, flies, blowflies, dragonflies, and also spiders and their cobwebs, scorpions, fleas, lice, scabies, centipedes, crabs or cochineals are present in his work, either in a descriptive or symbolic way, or by giving them new meanings and attributes, with these entomological elements frequently used poetically to manifest his most intimate feelings and emotions.