insects
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These wood-boring insects are becoming a growing concern for blueberry producers in the state.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
"During a nature and climate emergency, with our insects in decline, we should be protecting our precious wildlife sites and need powerful companies to lead and make better decisions."
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Plastic dragonflies have been used as a decoy to deter biting insects.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
As ecologist Doug Tallamy has chronicled, over 90% of herbivorous insects specialize on one or a few native plant lineages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The white-eyed or sable-bodied flies that Morgan and his students had discovered in New York had been fished out laboriously by hunting through massive flocks of insects over thirty years.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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