insect
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Those pathogens can then be transferred to the next creature the insect feeds on when it deposits saliva into that creature’s bloodstream.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
No insect shocks him more than the female praying mantis, a creature with a pious name that belies her appetite for other insects—and even for her own mate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Deep-diving insect larvae in an African lake are forcing scientists to reconsider a popular explanation for why insects are almost entirely absent from the open ocean.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
The same invasive insect was found to have infested grapevines sold at select Northern California Costco warehouses earlier this year, also triggering a major response to try to limit the insect’s impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Like a cat stalking an ant, Woo starts climbing up a nearby tree— his eyes trained onto the insect.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
It said the tell-tale signs of bedbugs include red, irritating bites and small blood smears on bed linen; and small brown insects in or around the sleeping area.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Rising temperatures have added more warm, humid days to the calendar in much of the US, lengthening the season in which the disease-carrying insects thrive.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The insects have made our towns and cities their homes.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Novack is all about the smells and the birds and insects the plants have recruited to visit the garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The insects had made a meal out of their feet, causing them to swell up painfully.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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