One day, Canadian artist Raku Inoue (ee-noh-ooh-eh) noticed rose petals had fallen from a bush in his backyard. Inoue had an idea: He arranged the petals in the shape of a beetle on a piece of paper. He used thin green twigs for its legs.
In the following months, Inoue created more insects using leaves, seeds, flowers, and other plant parts. “Insects have always had a