[ WP ] The Insect Council debates going to war with their common enemy , the Humans .

“ ORDER, ORDER ” the president of the united insect alliance cried to the assembled representatives, whom were all squabbling amongst themselves. 
 
 
 The noise of clicks, wisps and pheromones slowly began to quieten down until there was complete silence within the room. 
 
 
 The president, whom was elected almost 40 mayfly generations ago looked around at the representatives and felt old, older than he had in a long time. He was a large African Dung Beetle and had been elected as the middle candidate, on a primarily independent species ticket, with the UIA being nothing more than an oversight committee for the individual species and to not let anyone insect gain a significant advantage over another. 
 
 
 That was a long time ago, and in that time so many prominent insect families have risen and fallen, so many had made their change to breed and he barely knew how to talk to these youngsters. 
 
 
 “ Hell, how I know how the termite and ant queens feel when they talk to me ” He thought to himself, as he waited for the last few voices to die down. 
 
 
 “ Insects!! ” He bellowed to the open room, as various species began to translate into their respective clicks, noises and pheromones. 
 “ What we are discussing here can and will affect not just us, but all other animals above us, we are the earth ’ s chosen people, being uniquely gifted to helping to grow and live. Therefore for us to take such drastic action we must discuss this like the civilised people we are! ” 
 
 
 A few nods of agreement fell over the crowds, while the last of the translations finished up. 
 “ I am aware that you have formed yourselves into several different factions, I will call each faction to send a single representative to speak on their behalf, they will give a speech outlining their position and after all factions have their say, we shall have a vote, a vote however where every from their conscious and not within voting blocs, is this not fair? 
 The president looked round, so see that representatives were nodding, albeit reluctantly in some cases. 
 “ I call first, for the representative from the Anti-War faction to begin ” This caused an uproar from the pro-war faction and disgruntled gruffs from several others, but this was silenced with a swift band of the gavel from the president. 
 
 
 A small Ant Queen, this Ant queen was young for her species, barely even a year old, of course that was several lifetimes for many insect species. She walked up to the front, and stood in front of the collected representatives from the insects. The room turned quiet as the Ant queen prepared itself to speak. 
 
 
 “ My fellow insects, I came now to you to consider mercy for these creatures. Never before have we insects ever declared unilateral war against an entire species. As you all know my species is one of the more long lived of us, this is a fact you can not deny. The written chronicles of my people goes back further and none have done more to study these, human ’ s as they call themselves than us! ” There was much nodding in agreement to this statement, as it was common knowledge that Ant ’ s were able to observe the Humans at a closer range than many insects due to scouting armies and in several cases where a colony has been “ adopted ” by humans. 
 
 “ For this I say leniency must be granted, as from what we have seen the humans live impossibly long lives, putting some of our oldest colonies to shame, in the ages of a single generation. With that we must think of things in terms them being a new species, young and still finding itself into its environment. If we ants had killed every new species that evolved, many of you would not he here today. So I ask of you, my insect brethren, to show mercy to this new species, and to look for other solutions to the problems. Thank you ” With that, the Anti-War faction exploded into applause, with this the president noting that many of the Pro-war factions reluctantly clapping. Ants were highly respected and this showed why he thought. 
 
 
 “ I know call forward to representative of the Pro-War faction ” the president bellowed to the now excited room. 
 A Young mosquito walked up to the front of the room. This was no surprise to the president, the mosquito ’ s were well known for their hatred of humanity, and had been actively fighting them for most of humanity ’ s life on this planet. 
 As the mosquito started to speak the room turned deathly quiet once more. 
 
 
 “ Insects, I came towards you again, to speak of the ills of this disastrous species. Once again we are discussing going to war on them, this is 8th time is officially been debated and each time prior, your forefathers have not had the stomach to do what is necessary. The world is damaged, and it is continuously being damaged, but this evil species, the pollute the ground, water and even the air with their waste, the destroy land so that they can live without care to their animal brethren and most heinous of all, they perform acts of mass genocide at seeming random occurrences!. 
 While I respect the words of the Ants and our President here, if we truly are the guardians of the Earth, then we are failing her by letting these ‘ Humans ’ run wild, killing us and our precious planets indiscriminately. 
 Ant ’ s, do you not remove infected drones from your hives, to save the rest of the hive? ” The mosquito asked towards the Anti-War faction, the young Queen from earlier reluctantly nodded. 
 
 “ Then by your logic we should remove the infection that is humans, so that the great hive of earth can continue to live! ” With that, there was uproar from the Anti-War faction, with many booing. 
 
 
 A young Caterpillar shouted from the crowd, “ We know you motivations, you are speciesist! ” 
 
 
 “ We know the score, more like!!, I know many of you haven ’ t agreed with our methods, with virus and germ warfare against the humans, but know that we only did what we know was right! ” With that the mosquito walked of stage to resounding applause. 
 
 
 The president sighed, humanity was rarely an aspect in his species life, another reason he was elected, but even his species were beginning to be affected, with the light pollution at night making it harder for his brethren to navigate. 

