insects
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Stressed trees become susceptible to insects and disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Their streamlined, fusiform bodies combined features characteristic of hexapods and insects with more primitive ancestral traits.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Over time, that process produced the body arrangement familiar in modern insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The fossils therefore help document the anatomical transition from pancrustacean ancestors to hexapod insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
He abhorred the idea of eating live worms or dead insects.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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