Live insect jewelry refers to using and wearing large insects as fashion accessories and they are bejeweled. A few species of beetles are used as the fashion pieces as well as Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches. Famous designers have used these pieces as part of a fashion line or runway show. These insect fashion statements have a long history, dating back to the ancient Egyptians, and are now being used by designers as fashion. These bejeweled insects are worn live and are worn as a brooch on the chest and decorated with semi-precious gems and a decorative safety pin with a chain leash is used to keep the insect on the wearer. Wearing beetles and cockroaches as an accessory gained notoriety in couture fashion and also gained opposition from animal rights activists. People have been wearing insects as accessories for centuries and carries many traditions everywhere they crawl.