George A. Moore

Some men spend their lives watching bees and ants, noting down the habits of these insects; my pleasure is to watch the human mind, noting how unselfish instincts rise to the surface and sink back again, making way for selfish instincts, each equally necessary, for the world would perish were it to become entirely selfish or entirely unselfish.

Irish Novelist

Luther Strange

Our farmers feed the world. They are up before dawn and work till well after sunset. They face any number of challenges they can't control, from too much rain to not enough, from disease to insect infestations.

American Politician

George Washington Carver

I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.

American Scientist

Newt Gingrich

Cincinnati has one of the most diverse animal collections in the world, with more than 500 species represented. They also have a really good insect exhibit.

E. O. Wilson

If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.

Chanakya

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

Indian Politician

Bill Vaughan

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

American Journalist

Robin Wright

I can't stop moving. I'm like this weird insect. I can't sit still in real life.

American Actress

Liza Soberano

Of course, there are things I'm afraid of, but I'm not afraid of insects.

Filipino Actress

Guillermo del Toro

I think the greatest giant insect movie ever made is 'Them!

Mexican Director

Often used in biology to refer to a specific class of arthropods, excluding spiders and crustaceans.

Biology Context

The scientific study of insects is called entomology; 'insect' encompasses many species studied in this field.

Entomology Field

Insects encompass a vast range of species with different colors, sizes, and habitats.

Diverse Species

Used informally to describe someone or their behavior as irritating or persistent.

Casual Use

It's a mild insult; use lightheartedly to avoid offending someone.

Mild Insult

Understand that it's metaphorical and does not refer to an actual insect.

Non-Literal Use

 Now how can this help us? Well, it has been calculated that if we were to remove bats from the equation, we're going to have to then use insecticides to remove all those pest insects that feed on our agricultural crops. And for one year in the U.S. alone, it's estimated

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 and Puma birds insects if you protect tapirs you will most certainly help protect all those other animals in addition papers are known as Gardeners of the forest when they eat fruit they swallow the seeds which they disperse throughout their habitat

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 protecting insects against the outside world and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. Even their small size, which we might see as a disadvantage, is something they use to their benefit. Because most species are so tiny,

Why are there so many...

 a rigid web of compounds that's tough to chew and highly impermeable to pathogens. Leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle that deters insects and microbes. Some plants go a step further with painful structures to warn would-be predators.

The amazing ways plants...

 insects it would only target mosquitoes and let others such as butterflies and bumble bees to pass through unharmed the system can even distinguish between male and female mosquitoes based on their wing beats this is important because

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 Nowadays, we avoid such agricultural catastrophes with the help of pesticides. Those are a range of manmade chemicals that control insects, unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our food supply.

Do we really need...

 In high doses, as it's found in the leaves and seeds of certain species, it's toxic to insects. But when they consume it in lower doses, as it's found in nectar, it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers.

How does caffeine keep...

 daily dose of sun to warm up your insides so reptiles and insects generally fare better in the cold when they're small some species though just can't help but defy convention

The Insect That Freezes...

 pests disturbed by digging are soon dispatched by hundreds of razor sharp jaws the ants make a clean sweep capturing up to one hundred thousand insects in a single raid

Killer Ant Swarm...

 These are insects that, by working together, transcend individual size. The colony can search the entire jungle and flush out its wildlife.

Insect

Biology Context

Entomology Field

Diverse Species

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