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Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native flowers

Two solar farms in Minnesota saw big increases in bees and other insects after a variety of native grasses and wildlfowers were planted among the panels

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Locusts spun in a centrifuge develop extra-strong exoskeletons

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‘Insect-eye’ compass can navigate by the sun even on a cloudy day

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Ant head with compound eyes

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Ants treat their own fungal infections by eating aphids

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Some insects disguise themselves as spiders to avoid getting eaten

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Emergence of huge cicada generation in 2021 led to a caterpillar boom

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Paris's bedbug problem is probably no worse than other major cities

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Carolina Sphinx Moth (Manduca sexta)

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Wing-flapping robot helps explain the evolution of insect flight

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Europe’s ‘insect apocalypse’ may mostly be driven by changing weather

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Timema monikense Vickery & Sandoval 1998./ Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

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Stick insects that are normally asexual may occasionally have sex

Some animals reproduce asexually by creating embryos from unfertilised eggs, but this can lead to a lack of genetic diversity. To keep their gene pool healthy, two species of asexual stick insect appear to occasionally mate

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Red imported fire ants with painful bites have taken hold in Europe

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Animal motion-capture studio tracks bird flocks and insect swarms

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2JHH3RR Drosophila Melanogaster male fruit fly on a green leaf

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Flies riding on a carousel suggest that insects like to play

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Japanese stick insect Ramulus mikado

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Female stick insect clones itself despite having sex with males

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