insect
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At the opening of “The Buddhist Bug” at the Vincent Price Art Museum on Saturday, guests will see a 328-foot-long orange insect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
A study published in 2025 in the Journal of Economic Entomology showed that bistrifluron, an insect growth regulator that interferes with the formation of a new exoskeleton, can kill western drywood termites with remarkable efficiency.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
But the main prey of the Asian hornet is honeybees, with one insect killing up to 50 bees a day, devastating entire colonies.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The insect was first detected in the United States in 2014, in Pennsylvania.
From Barron's
“I thought I heard a tiny voice coming from a little insect body. It sounded almost human.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
For spring 2027, you created this fantastical garden populated by insects, beginning with a chrysalis and ending with the emergence of butterflies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
During summer peaks the hives become home to about 180,000 of the striped insects.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Birds, fish, and insects can use Earth's magnetic field to travel enormous distances, yet scientists still do not fully understand the biological mechanisms that make this possible.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The great migration of the Bogong moth was once a yearly feature of the Australian spring, the insects humming down the nation's east coast in their billions as they searched for cooler climes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
As he said that, a few of the colorful insects flapped lazily around his head, almost as if summoned.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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