According to Life On Earth by David Attenborough, not one insect species has ever been exterminated, despite the untold effort and money spent by man. Man has many reasons for disliking insects.
時至今日，許多珍禽異獸都面臨了滅種的命運，唯獨昆蟲，無論人投下多少心血和錢財，根據「地球上的生命」一書記載，至今還沒有一種因為人類而從地表消失。