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Female dragonflies store sperm, so males use scoop-shaped genital structures to remove rivals’ sperm before adding their own.
Arctic summer mosquitoes can cover exposed hands, invade open mouths, and even bite the white parts of human eyes.
Cockroach hatchlings emerge together by taking a breath simultaneously, creating the synchronized movement that opens their egg case.
A landscape can lose insect mass without losing insect numbers when heavy beetles are replaced by lightweight mosquitoes.
Some cockroaches store nitrogen in specialized cells called mesosycytes, letting them survive a long time without defecating.
Doug Tallamy predicts humans would not survive more than three months without insects.
Thirty years of data found insect mass in one European area had fallen by 70%.
Bees are not the only pollinators: butterflies, male mosquitoes, cockroaches, true bugs, and even mantises also pollinate.
A homeowner’s quick report helped trigger science, government funding, and rapid action that contained and eradicated a giant northern hornet incursion.
Spotted lanternflies can use more than 70 plant species as hosts, making their spread especially difficult to contain.
Insects are not simple or stupid. Without a centralized brain, they perform complex tasks and perceive many colors.
A summer without insects is historically abnormal. Humans traditionally experienced summer alongside abundant insects.
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