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Davis urged residents to take steps to reduce their risk such as using DEET-containing insect repellent, eliminating sources of standing water and ensuring windows and doors have tight-fitting screens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Local excitement was limited to “the activity of the insect tribes and the occasional fall of a coconut,” one early visitor wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

"Across the country, we've watched preventable conditions -- overgrown stands, insect outbreaks and disease -- turn healthy landscapes into tinderboxes," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Nearly the entire statistical signal was coming from a single branch of the insect family tree.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

The Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, whose microscopes surpassed all others, began to document insect anatomy in 1673.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

"Urgent adaptations are needed to mitigate the effects of successive heatwaves on plants and the insects that rely on them to thrive," the society said.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

We plant fruit trees, which provide the insects with sustenance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

"It has more to do with environmental factors and the life-history traits of insects."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

Designed by Gaudí, the Nativity façade is both naturalistic and overflowing with natural imagery: lilies and palm trees, a tortoise and sea turtle, insects and frogs, sheep and ducks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Humans also had a far easier time chewing and digesting old favourites such as fruits, nuts, insects and carrion if they were cooked.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari