insect

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Their findings, recently published in PNAS, highlight an urgent need to better study, protect and appreciate insects and arachnids, which form a critical foundation for planetary health.

From Science Daily

In some plant insect relationships, the insect both pollinates the plant and uses the fruit as a place for its offspring to grow.

From Science Daily

One of the most difficult parts of the research was proving that the insects represented species that had never been documented before.

From Science Daily

"These things that I have built are totemic creatures but also prayer for the existence and continuation of the existence of creatures and insects."

From BBC

A robotic sample changer handled the insects during the process, rotating each specimen and replacing it with the next one every 30 seconds.

From Science Daily