insect
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That work focused on agave populations rather than mezcal bottles, but it reinforces the same broader issue: the market for edible agave larvae can affect both the insect and the plant it depends on.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
Possible factors include increased predation from vertebrates or physical limitations of the insect exoskeleton.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
Scientists believe the dirt also provides bacteria and minerals absent from junk food - which is completely unlike the monkeys' typical diet of herbs, leaves, seeds and the occasional insect.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
“They take it out on a little eye dropper, and they put it all over,” he continued, adding that the team used insect repellent on his face to keep the bees clear from that area.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Whoever they meet first, be it bug, insect, animal, or tree, that will be the one who gets the full power of their magic!
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing insect
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