Sentence examples for insect from inspiring English sources
The word "insect" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it whenever you are referring to a small arthropod animal, such as a bee, ant, or beetle. Example sentence: We need to do something about the insect infestation in the garden.
noun
An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
- Our shed has several insect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.
Watching the engrossed insect has a strange effect, though.
The insect flew into one of the instruments on the outside of the jet shortly after it took off from Southampton on Friday.
Producers say that between 2007 and 2010 the region's production of the most popular plant, lavandin, used in soaps, perfumes, insect repellents, essential oils and the celebrated herbes de Provence – has halved.
She had to search the crevices of her sheets picking out individual slugs herself – the only support her landlord offered was insect repellent.
All those insect textures contribute somehow".
She says of the giant insect, "We must try to get rid of it".
In contrast, in Europe there is only one GM crop approved for commercial cultivation, a Bt-insect-resistant maize.
Whereas pesticides are applied in bursts, plants containing an insect-killing gene will destroy susceptible insects on a daily basis.
But even if they don't, citizens like Mr Singh, the insect-expert turned mafia-buster, will fight on.
In turn, that makes forests more resilient to torrential downpours, epidemics of insect-borne diseases and even climate change.
Techniques for altering genomes are moving ahead almost as fast as the genomes themselves are stacking up, and new crops with more than one added trait are coming to market.Such stories of success will strike fear into some hearts, and not only in GM-averse Europe; a GM backlash is under way in India, focused on insect-resistant aubergines.
