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...esearch. The result was a greatly de-populated world, with many animal and insect species extinct or deleteriously altered, and with no remnants of what we c

...] damage (damage due to [[ice]] formation). [[Arctic]] and [[Antarctic]] [[insect]]s, [[fish]], [[amphibian]]s and [[reptile]]s create cryoprotectants in the

[[Image:Girl with Insect Cage.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Color woodblock print, Kitao Shigemasa, pre-1820]

...ery low concentrations (''e.g.'' 0.05-0.125 lbs/acre), making it safer for insect control than other neurotoxins (particularly [[organophosphates]]) and enab ...lt of "repetitive application over several years" and spread to beneficial insect populations is minimal. In the body, 96% of the chemical is eliminated with

...otion orders, plant [[pesticide]]s, quarantine, adulteration of seeds, and insect pests, and [[organic agriculture]].

|Girl with Insect Cage.jpg|Colour woodblock print; [[Shigemasa Kitao]], pre-1820.

...by [[entomologist]]s, a '''fly''' (plural '''flies''') is any species of [[insect]] of the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Diptera]]. These typically have one pa ...] crop production, including [[root maggot]]s in [[rapeseed]] and [[midge (insect)|midge]] maggots in [[wheat]]. Some maggots are [[leaf miner]]s.

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'''Not all pollinators are equal. Four insect pollinators of [[chicory]] ''Cichorium intybus'' are shown in the photos on ...ollinators among Apoidea in alpine regions at timberline and beyond. Other insect orders are sometimes minor pollinators, usually accidentally (e.g., [[Hemip

** '''''[[Entomophily]]''''': pollination by [[insect]]s ...eties are autogamous, but not truly self-pollinated, as it is generally an insect pollinator that moves the pollen from anther to stigma. Plants adapted to s

'''Entomological warfare''' includes both the use of [[insect]]s (and other [[arthropod]]s) as [[biological weapon]]s. The more common us

...organisms. This is done only through the process of digestion; the target insect will have to take in the spores by eating the crystals. These crystals then ...ut. The many pores starve the host which immediately weakens and kills the insect fairly quickly. After observing the many strains of the bacteria, researche

...rces for its name, which appears to have no connection whatsoever with the insect. John Eddowes in his ''The Language of Cricket'' (1997) points out that Mr ...ictionary only thirteen years later, it would seem that Florio had both an insect and a game in mind.

...y.edu/mesozoic/mesozoiclife.html</ref> and were probably small, nocturnal, insect eaters.<ref>Biology Concepts and Connections 5th Ed. Campbell, Reece, Taylo

...--an expression for solving a difficulty, and implying that some imaginary insect has secreted itself inside and is causing all the trouble."

...: [[apposition compound eyes]], which are found primarily in [[diurnal]] [[insect]]s, and [[superposition eyes]], which are present mostly in [[nocturnal]] i

...(Arum Lily).]] Many animals, including [[bird]]s, [[bats]], humans and [[insect]]s, find flowers attractive. There is a good reason for this: plants have

...2}}</ref> where the plant species can only be pollinated by one species of insect. <ref>{{Harvnb|Danforth|Ascher|1997}}</ref>

...to the newborn offspring, which may be male or female. Most species of [[insect]]s, [[fish]], [[amphibian]]s, [[reptile]]s, and [[bird]]s have females whic

'''Bees''' are flying [[insect]]s, closely related to [[wasp]]s and [[ant]]s, all a part of the order [[hy ...teen segments in males and twelve in females. Bees all have two pairs of [[insect wing|wings]], the hind pair being the smaller of the two; in a very few spe