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Insects: Facts about the creepy-crawlies that make up more than half of the world's animal species

More than half of all known animal species on Earth are insects — critters with a hard external skeleton, three pairs of jointed legs, antennae and a body divided into three segments (the head, thorax ...
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"Symptoms involve fever, severe headaches, seizures, and disruption of the sleep cycle and death" 10 most dangerous, deadliest insects on the planet

Meet the world's deadliest insects, from disease spreaders to stingers to voracious swarms - and there may well be some ...
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At 12cm it's the world's largest, most gruesome bug – and can suck the life out of prey many times its size, like drinking one giant protein smoothie

All you need to know about the deadly giant water bug that attacks anything that moves - even humans, hence its nickname 'toe ...
The Scientist

The Earwig's Tale

One advantage of being an entomologist is that there's never a lack of material for small talk (as it were); with close to a million described insect species, there's an almost inexhaustible supply of ...