Sentence examples for insects number from inspiring English sources
More specific specializations of the limbs in insects, number and arrangement of eyes or spinnerets in spiders, or differentiation of limb types in crustaceans only become apparent much later.
The insects' numbers, and thus the destruction they cause, can rise and fall over years or even decades.
In places where long-term insect data are available, mainly in Europe, insect numbers are plummeting.
Insect numbers were highest in the central part of Cousin and decreased towards the coast.
Agricultural habitats differed in the abundance of airborne insects, with peak insect numbers found along hedgerows and trees.
It was important to measure insect numbers, as these are the lizards' main food, but at the time he thought nothing more of it.
Europe's crisis of collapsing bird and insect numbers will worsen further over the next decade because the EU is in a "state of denial" over destructive farming practices, environmental groups are warning.
Recent (albeit limited) Breeding Bird Survey data suggest a substantial decline in numbers of this species, perhaps owing to increased predation, indiscriminate use of pesticides leading to lowered insect numbers, or habitat loss.
Re "In Midwest, Flutters May Be Far Fewer" (July 12): Yes, flutters are far fewer, according to my unofficial gauge of insect numbers in Missouri — my windshield remains remarkably clean after 200-mile round trips deep into the Ozarks.
Marnie Chesterton explores UK pollinating insect numbers, tracking whales using barnacles and sleep signals.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is conducting pilot tests on equipping windshields with "splatometers" to estimate declining insect numbers.
