Insects
Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Definitions and circumscriptions vary; usually, insects comprise a class within the Arthropoda. As used here, the term Insecta is synonymous with Ectognatha. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Insects are the most diverse group of animals; they include more than a million described species and represent more than half of all known living organisms. The total number of extant species is estimated at between …
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World Bank Group · 13 November 2024 English
across the fence to the airport looking out for insects on the grass and on open ground. This group of … significant to availability of food (grass seeds with insects as supplement). Similarly, the bird surveys were … across the fence to the airport looking out for insects on the grass and on open ground. This group of …
World Bank Group · 13 November 2024 English
airport such as small mammals including rates, insects and birds around the airport shall be affected …
World Bank Group · 12 November 2024 English
weeding), Biological Measures ( releasing beneficial insects in field, Using pheromones to lure pests into traps …
World Bank Group · 11 November 2024 English
In Senegal, despite the existence of legal provisions and international commitments aimed at promoting gender equality in land rights, women continue to face significant challenges in accessing and controlling land. …
season—for example, in protecting their crops from insects. • Women have set up funds within their groups …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 9 November 2024 English
The recently concluded United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, ushered in a historic agreement on how to share benefits from the use of genetic information sequenced from the …
living thing potentially – bacteria, fungi, plants, insects and other animals. Industrial biotech firms, for …
WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 English
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touching walls to protect from dampness and insects and rodents 9. Ventilation in/outlet is covered …
WHO: World Health Organization · 8 November 2024 English
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bacteria, parasites and fungi carried by animals, insects or inanimate vectors that aid in its transmission …
World Bank Group · 6 November 2024 English
from mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects and other invertebrates, to plants, fungi, algae … There is also a presence of some reptiles and insects, as well as the expected presence of marine species …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 5 November 2024 English
in large quantities, thereby rescuing crops threatened by pests. Barn swallows consume up to 60 insects an hour, and western bluebirds are known to prevent damage to grapes in vineyards by feeding on invertebrate …
threatened by pests. Barn swallows consume up to 60 insects an hour, and western bluebirds are known to prevent … the health of trees by feasting on leaf-eating insects. Birds also eat and disperse fruits and seeds …
Afrobarometer · 5 November 2024 English
Pollution of air (UNEP, 2021) and water (WHO, 2024), inadequate management of human waste (UNEP, 2018; Gutberlet & Uddin, 2017), trash and the plague of plastic waste (OECD, 2022), and …
contaminate water sources, provide breeding grounds for insects, and destroy habitat, with severe implications …
