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Everybody always sort of focuses in on the big stuff — big birds and mammals and things like that. But this is an insect world. … We’re just living on it, it is really important to have that sort of appreciation. And one of the nice things about insects is that there is so much diversity for you to appreciate, just in your backyard. – Floyd Shockley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Anytime that you find an insect species not in a place that you’re used to it being, that has a lot of implications for our understanding of that species — the kind of distribution it has, the kind of ecosystem that it might require to complete its lifecycle, it means something that we thought was gone, at least from the Eastern US, may still be there, and it’s just hiding in small pockets. – Floyd Shockley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Entomology can function as a leading indicator for ecology, the fact that this insect was spotted in a region that it hasn’t been seen in over half a century tells us something more broadly about the environment. – Michael Skvarla	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I remember it vividly, because I was walking into Walmart to get milk and I saw this huge insect on the side of the building, i thought it looked interesting, so I put it in my hand and did the rest of my shopping with it between my fingers. I got home, mounted it, and promptly forgot about it for almost a decade. – Michael Skvarla	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Insect farming requires just a fraction of the land, water, and feed in comparison to the traditional livestock farming, edible insects are superfoods. – Hee Cho	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We do not know whether the observed behavior involves empathy, we know that it may qualify as prosocial behaviour, meaning it may increase the welfare of another animal -- feeling better via the social attention and caring, or via substances in the saliva-insect mix that may be soothing or anti-inflammatory. There are examples of chimpanzees adopting and rescuing other chimpanzees, which may involve empathy. – Simone Pika	Found on CNN 2 years ago
What's particularly unique about this carnivorous plant is that it traps insects near its insect-pollinated flowers, on the surface, this seems like a conflict between carnivory and pollination because you don't want to kill the insects that are helping you reproduce. – Qianshi Lin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Although I know there are some people interested in potentially resurrecting this species, I think we have a long way to go before we would be able to actually do this, it would require significant time and financial resources to not only recapitulate its genome, but also establish the required host plants for the larvae and native symbiotic ants. During this time of a global insect decline, I would prefer to see our resources put towards saving those species already endangered or protecting critical habitat. – Corrie Moreau	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The current' insect apocalypse' is really a death by a thousand cuts, pesticide use, land use modification and climate change are likely the major factors causing these global insect declines and all of these are due to human activities. I think it is in our best interest to try to mitigate as many of these as we can since every species on the planet is important. – Corrie Moreau	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Xerces blue butterfly was the first insect in United States that was documented to be driven to extinction by human activities. – Corrie Moreau	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Insect fossils of this type, preserved in three-dimensions like this, are practically unheard of from the Triassic, so this discovery is very important. – Sam Heads	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The only thing you can do legally at this point is stand in your yard with an insect fogger, you can't touch a box, but you can fog the s t out of your own yard if you don't want to be a part of the trial. – Mara Daly**	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Every flower and insect, every bird, and all the creatures that live upon the land and swim within the rivers and seas, are part of the Tree of Life. You are connected to the whole of life. Whatever happens to the myriad forms of life in the world around you, has a direct affect on you. – Alexis karpouzos	added by anonymous 3 years ago
If one of our limbs were taken out or if our stomach was slashed open, we would probably be incapacitated, but infected cicadas, despite the fact that a third of their body has fallen off, continue to go about their activities like mating and flying as if nothing happened. This is really, really unique for insect killing fungi. – Matthew Kasson.Read	Found on CNN 3 years ago
There are several positive things about using insect ingredients, they are more sustainable because (insects) use less land (than cattle), they are more efficient at converting feed ... and they also use less water to produce butter. – Tzompa Sosa	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Three quarters of our crops depend on insect pollinators. Crops will begin to fail. We won't have things like strawberries, we can't feed 7.5 billion people without insects. – Dave Goulson	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If these massive declines continue, the ramifications are enormous, three quarters of our crops depend on insect pollinators. Crops will begin to fail. We won't have things like strawberries. – Dave Goulson	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Look, this is all a very, very, very low-risk situation, i look at it as a yuck factor versus a risk factor. Insect parts are gross, but they don't lead to foodborne illnesses. – Ben Chapman	Found on CNN 4 years ago
They take 10 bags out of a week-long production and try to shake out what might be in here, do we have particularly high insect parts or was it a particularly buggy time of year when the food was harvested ? And they make sure they are below those The FDA thresholds. – Ben Chapman	Found on CNN 4 years ago
A couple of months ago I met Jean and Leah (of Gourmet Grubb) and they've got the same problem as me, where we don't like the insect as it is in its whole form, so we decided to do it in a powder form and make gourmet dishes. – Mario Barnard	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We have sandflies, black flies, mosquitoes, horseflies, let me say if we were parked on a side street and we were having a conversation outside, and you didn't have any insect repellent on, or any long sleeves -- let's just say that we would cut our conversation short. – Gillam Deputy Mayor John McDonald	Found on CNN 4 years ago
As we work to better understand what's causing AFM, parents can help protect their children by washing your hands, staying up to date on recommended vaccines and using insect repellent to prevent mosquito bites. – Nancy Messonnier	Found on CNN 5 years ago
You might want to think twice about waiting until the morning to do the dishes, insect pests such as flies, ants, and cockroaches are highly attracted to leftover food on dishes. – Brad Smith	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Moths that feed on grains are a very common type of insect that invades homes, the Indian Meal Moth’s favorite food is bird seed. A homeowner inadvertently brings them into their home by purchasing a bag of birdseed that is infested, and within a few weeks, a home can become infested with moth larvae and adults. To avoid an infestation, carefully check over a bird seed bag for moth larvae, adults, and webbing before buying — and then keep it stored in a tightly sealed plastic bin to avoid attracting animals.Is your city on this list of the most pest-infested ? Spills happen — but if even a little bit of the mess is left behind, the bugs simply ca n’t resist. – Brad Smith	Found on FOX News 5 years ago

Everybody always sort of focuses in on the big stuff — big birds and mammals and things like that. But this is an insect world. … We’re just living on it, it is really important to have that sort of appreciation. And one of the nice things about insects is that there is so much diversity for you to appreciate, just in your backyard.

– Floyd Shockley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Anytime that you find an insect species not in a place that you’re used to it being, that has a lot of implications for our understanding of that species — the kind of distribution it has, the kind of ecosystem that it might require to complete its lifecycle, it means something that we thought was gone, at least from the Eastern US, may still be there, and it’s just hiding in small pockets.

– Floyd Shockley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Entomology can function as a leading indicator for ecology, the fact that this insect was spotted in a region that it hasn’t been seen in over half a century tells us something more broadly about the environment.

– Michael Skvarla

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I remember it vividly, because I was walking into Walmart to get milk and I saw this huge insect on the side of the building, i thought it looked interesting, so I put it in my hand and did the rest of my shopping with it between my fingers. I got home, mounted it, and promptly forgot about it for almost a decade.

– Michael Skvarla

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Insect farming requires just a fraction of the land, water, and feed in comparison to the traditional livestock farming, edible insects are superfoods.

– Hee Cho

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We do not know whether the observed behavior involves empathy, we know that it may qualify as prosocial behaviour, meaning it may increase the welfare of another animal -- feeling better via the social attention and caring, or via substances in the saliva-insect mix that may be soothing or anti-inflammatory. There are examples of chimpanzees adopting and rescuing other chimpanzees, which may involve empathy.

– Simone Pika

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What's particularly unique about this carnivorous plant is that it traps insects near its insect-pollinated flowers, on the surface, this seems like a conflict between carnivory and pollination because you don't want to kill the insects that are helping you reproduce.

– Qianshi Lin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Although I know there are some people interested in potentially resurrecting this species, I think we have a long way to go before we would be able to actually do this, it would require significant time and financial resources to not only recapitulate its genome, but also establish the required host plants for the larvae and native symbiotic ants. During this time of a global insect decline, I would prefer to see our resources put towards saving those species already endangered or protecting critical habitat.

– Corrie Moreau

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The current' insect apocalypse' is really a death by a thousand cuts, pesticide use, land use modification and climate change are likely the major factors causing these global insect declines and all of these are due to human activities. I think it is in our best interest to try to mitigate as many of these as we can since every species on the planet is important.

– Corrie Moreau

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Xerces blue butterfly was the first insect in United States that was documented to be driven to extinction by human activities.

– Corrie Moreau

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Insect fossils of this type, preserved in three-dimensions like this, are practically unheard of from the Triassic, so this discovery is very important.

– Sam Heads

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The only thing you can do legally at this point is stand in your yard with an insect fogger, you can't touch a box, but you can fog the s ** t out of your own yard if you don't want to be a part of the trial.

– Mara Daly

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Every flower and insect, every bird, and all the creatures that live upon the land and swim within the rivers and seas, are part of the Tree of Life. You are connected to the whole of life. Whatever happens to the myriad forms of life in the world around you, has a direct affect on you.

– Alexis karpouzos

added by anonymous
3 years ago

If one of our limbs were taken out or if our stomach was slashed open, we would probably be incapacitated, but infected cicadas, despite the fact that a third of their body has fallen off, continue to go about their activities like mating and flying as if nothing happened. This is really, really unique for insect killing fungi.

– Matthew Kasson.Read

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There are several positive things about using insect ingredients, they are more sustainable because (insects) use less land (than cattle), they are more efficient at converting feed ... and they also use less water to produce butter.

– Tzompa Sosa

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Three quarters of our crops depend on insect pollinators. Crops will begin to fail. We won't have things like strawberries, we can't feed 7.5 billion people without insects.

– Dave Goulson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If these massive declines continue, the ramifications are enormous, three quarters of our crops depend on insect pollinators. Crops will begin to fail. We won't have things like strawberries.

– Dave Goulson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Look, this is all a very, very, very low-risk situation, i look at it as a yuck factor versus a risk factor. Insect parts are gross, but they don't lead to foodborne illnesses.

– Ben Chapman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They take 10 bags out of a week-long production and try to shake out what might be in here, do we have particularly high insect parts or was it a particularly buggy time of year when the food was harvested ? And they make sure they are below those The FDA thresholds.

– Ben Chapman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

A couple of months ago I met Jean and Leah (of Gourmet Grubb) and they've got the same problem as me, where we don't like the insect as it is in its whole form, so we decided to do it in a powder form and make gourmet dishes.

– Mario Barnard

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have sandflies, black flies, mosquitoes, horseflies, let me say if we were parked on a side street and we were having a conversation outside, and you didn't have any insect repellent on, or any long sleeves -- let's just say that we would cut our conversation short.

– Gillam Deputy Mayor John McDonald

Found on CNN
4 years ago

As we work to better understand what's causing AFM, parents can help protect their children by washing your hands, staying up to date on recommended vaccines and using insect repellent to prevent mosquito bites.

– Nancy Messonnier

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You might want to think twice about waiting until the morning to do the dishes, insect pests such as flies, ants, and cockroaches are highly attracted to leftover food on dishes.

– Brad Smith

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Moths that feed on grains are a very common type of insect that invades homes, the Indian Meal Moth’s favorite food is bird seed. A homeowner inadvertently brings them into their home by purchasing a bag of birdseed that is infested, and within a few weeks, a home can become infested with moth larvae and adults. To avoid an infestation, carefully check over a bird seed bag for moth larvae, adults, and webbing before buying — and then keep it stored in a tightly sealed plastic bin to avoid attracting animals.Is your city on this list of the most pest-infested ? Spills happen — but if even a little bit of the mess is left behind, the bugs simply ca n’t resist.

– Brad Smith

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

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