Only the sound of insects filled the air as I walked through the empty town that summer day so long ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Well, i mean a cockroach might be seen as being harmful because we consider them dirty, disgusting, revolting insects and we don't define insects as something we eat, at least in our culture.

蟑螂看起来可能是有害的,因为我们觉得它脏,恶心,是令人厌恶的害虫,我们不把害虫定义为食物,至少在我们的文化中是这样的

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Sweet,peaceful stars filled the sky as the night birds sang softly, and tiny insects buzzed in the soft air.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

It serves as a landing area for bees and other insects that spread pollen to the plant.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

For example, the insects can smell carbon dioxide in the breath of a person or animal from as far away as sixty meters.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

Milton Levine was not trained in the study of insects, also known as entomology.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

They are also used to poison insects in other places such as homes.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

Farmers started using it as a natural way to kill insects.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Insects and other organisms can also act as biological controls.

VOA: special.2010.08.10