Services included sewage disposal, storm water drainage, the provision of safe drinking water, the collection and disposal of refuse and the control of insect and rodent infestation.

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It's a very tough insect.

The life of an insect

Is this an insect I want to kill, or an insect I don't want to kill?

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I ate an insect by accident.

Some fruits get some insect damage.

And sure enough, there's the insect.

So what is an insect seeing?

To insect millions peopling every wave

He crushed the insect with his heel.

But most bats are voracious insect predators.

I'm obsessed with insects, particularly insect flight.

A small insect would reverse these priorities.

Many flowers, for example, attract only one specific species of insect, and therefore rely on that insect for successful reproduction.

And then you could decide Is this an insect I want to kill, or an insect I don't want to kill?

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International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya

They've created a kind of insect bot, or bugbot.

And most of the time, you'll find this insect

The package includes submodels for plant growth, hydrology soils, animal production and grasshopper infestation.

Over the past 25 years, continuous mine infestation had created a catastrophic situation there.

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(a) International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) Kenya

Sometimes the whole plant mimics an insect, even to us.

Five minutes with her and I'd feel like an insect.

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How small can neurons get? Well, look at this interesting insect.

Which, up until now has had the longest known insect migration.

Why not? Every plant virus, every insect virus, every marine virus.

And I say, insect or man, death should always be painless.

If an insect was introduced into the box, rules governed that, too.

Cochineal is a product of an insect that lives off these cacti.

16,000 kilometers, four generations, mind you, for a two inch long insect.

Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen were most seriously affected extended areas of infestation were treated in those countries.

It feeds on worms, insect larvae, and small invertebrates occasionally frogs, snakes and mice.

Some species of insect are able to autohaemorrhage when they are attacked by predators.

So it probably even feels good for the insect, as well as looking good.

They're sending out a fantastic array of scent to any insect that'll have it.

I've sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them.

Through its capacity building programme, the African Regional Post graduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS), ICIPE has contributed to the training of specialists at the Ph.D. and M.Sc. levels in insect science around the continent.

Some pest outbreaks, such as the cassava mealy bug infestation in the member countries of SADC are causing serious problems.

The Department, in cooperation with the Mosquito Research and Control Unit, initiated a programme aimed at combating that infestation. 32

16,000 kilometers, four generations, mind you, for a two inch long insect. It's quite incredible.