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WHERE HAVE ALL THE INSECTS GONE?

Insects haven’t always had the best press. Bar maybe butterflies and the honeybee, the insect world has often suffered in our estimation. They’re dismissed as ‘pests’. The fact that there are so many ‘insecticides’ on the market – literally ‘insect killers’ – sums up long-held attitudes.

However, at last we are realising the

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