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Moths are more important for pollination than we thought
Time-lapse cameras are uncovering how crucial night-time visits from moths are for pollinating red clover, a valuable forage crop
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Hibernating beetles break down and regrow their muscles on demand
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Wasps can grasp abstract concepts such as ‘same’ and ‘different’
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Parasitic wasps released in orchards to control crop-eating stink bug
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Monarch butterflies are doing surprisingly well in North America
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Termites spread globally by crossing the oceans on driftwood rafts
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Young wasps routinely eat their own siblings in the nest
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How dragonflies use ultrafast wing movements to flip over in flight
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Ants treat infected wounds of nestmates with medicine from their back
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Flying insects splatting on cars have dropped by 60 per cent in UK
A survey finds that between 2004 and 2021 there have been huge declines in the number of insect "splats per mile" on cars in the UK, with the fall particularly bad in England
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Climate change and farming may have halved some insect populations
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Releasing sterile male fruit flies in fields cuts crop damage by 90%
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Female w膿t膩 insects have two sets of genitals and eat male ejaculate
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Butterfly survival reduced by warmer and longer autumns
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