Plot Summary:Shy etymologist, Ida Teeter's obsessed by her "pets"; her collection of insects. She works with her friend, Max. Ida receives an anonymous package from Brazil, with an unclassified insect. The bug breaks free from the box. Meanwhile, Ida falls for the gorgeous Misty Falls, who's bitten and infected by the bug and moves to Ida's apartment. When Ida receives letters from her former professor Wolf, explaining how the insect reproduces and transforms the animals it bites, Ida's apprehensive about Misty.