“Insects—part delicacy, part gag—are chic again,” The New Yorker’s Dana Goodyear wrote recently. She was talking about the rise of entomophagy—that’s

eating bugs to you or me—but you don’t have to take to the kitchen to get into the buggy spirit. Creepy crawlers have been a mainstay in jewelry these last few seasons. Here, a few serving suggestions of the inedible variety.
—Kristin Studeman

From top left to right: Lanvin insect cuff, $1,340, available at www.neimanmarcus.com ; Topshop scorpion brooch, $30, available at www.topshop.com; Kenneth Jay Lane gunmetal-plated Swarovski crystal bug ring, $100,

available at www.net-a-porter.com; Oscar de la Renta crystal bug clip earrings, $275, available at www.neimanmarcus.com; Judith Leiber crystal minaudi