So this is just something I thought of earlier; so tons of animals are held sacred by various ancient religions, but I've never heard of any ancient religion venerate insects like they do birds, snakes, etc. Did any ancient religions that we know of hold any particular insects to be sacred? If so, what were the insects symbolic of? Thanks!
The dung beetle was worshipped by ancient Egyptians. It was seen as an incarnation of the sun god Khepri, and its name was part of many royal monikers, including Men-kheper-re and Kheper-ka-re. The scarab ornament found on mummies is a dung beetle.