The phrase "attract insects" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing plants, substances, or environments that draw insects towards them.
Example: "The bright flowers in the garden are known to attract insects, which helps with pollination."
Alternatives: "draw in insects" or "lure insects."
While its flowers attract insects, the toxicity of its foliage reduces its attraction to native insect species (Cross 1975; Judd and Rotherham 1992).
The change in colour of trichomes might be to attract insects (Healy et al. 2009), as purple colour is more attractive over semi-transparent and this might be in reference to nutrient levels in soil (Pawar et al. 2008).
Flowers produce bug juice of a different sort — nectar designed to attract insects and other pollinators.
"If it has a full charge, it will shine for eight hours and attract insects," he said.
In general, plants that have bright-colored, fragrant flowers are designed to attract insects as pollinators, and are not a problem.
There are lists upon lists of plants that are good for birds, whether because they attract insects, or because they are rich in berries or nuts.
In some instances, plants have been found to rely on mimicry to attract insects as aids in pollination or in the dissemination of seeds or spores.
Fungi may glow in order to repel predators, to attract insects that may help them disperse their spores, or as an accidental byproduct of their metabolism of wood.
Even window boxes can receive certification because they have water from the rain and flowers that attract insects, and the insects that visit are a good source of food for the birds.
"But if it's not going to fall on your house or attract insects to other trees, it depends upon your tolerance for looking at an ugly tree," Mr. Forrest said.
But many also have jigsaw angles and purple-camouflage paint schemes, and features like passive ventilation systems, green roofs, gravity-controlled feeders and solar-powered LED porch lights that attract insects.
