INSECTS
Things to bear in mind regarding insects during a zombie apocalypse:
- Mosquitoes, flies, lice etc. spread disease. Ensure you keep your safe house and your own body clean to stop the spread of disease.
- Some insects aid in decomposition. Something that is generally overlooked by popular media in the depiction of the undead is that they will most likely be surrounded by flies and will have other insects living in or on them. Zombies are rotting flesh and this will attract some insects to them. It is unlikely that insects will be prey to zombies and as zombies don’t feel pain, they will not try and stop the infestation of our six-legged friends. The insects then eat the rotting flesh and, although it is a time-consuming way to await the end of the apocalypse, they will ultimately kill the zombies. (A disturbing side effect to this rather positive thought is that the flies who eat the zombie flesh may then be able to transmit the virus.)
- Some insects make things. Bees make honey. Honey tastes nice. Yum. Silk worms make something too – it eludes me exactly what at the moment.
- You can eat insects – only some of them, mind, so don’t just go and stick your head in a termite mound and hope for the best. Amongst those that are tried and tested are Green Thai Crickets, Toasted Leafcutter Ants and Chocolate Covered Giant Ants – I’m not too sure to which area chocolate-covered ants are indigenous, but I’m sure further research on the interweb will reveal where to find them.
- Some insects could survive a nuclear explosion (cockroaches can’t, that’s an urban legend – but fruit flies could). With that in mind, it may be a good idea to make yourself a suit out of fruit flies. This will keep you safe should the authorities decide to nuke your area in order to destroy the zombie menace.
- Without the correct predators to control population, some species could potentially reproduce so quickly that they could literally bury the whole world in one season. Not really sure there’s anything you could do about that.
