Example Sentences

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A conservation charity is encouraging residents to help restore vital habitats in Surrey to create a "haven" for some of the UK's rarest insects.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Other measures include establishing a containment zone around the site of the first US infection along the southern US border, and using sniffer dogs to detect the insects.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Scientists have uncovered hidden fossil insects inside pieces of amber that once belonged to the famed German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

To investigate how the insects adapt to this dramatic transition, researchers studied deer keds at different points in their life cycle.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

It broke easily when I scratched the bites I got from insects and from fish.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo