Scientists Outline Simple Ways of Protecting Insects (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Scientists Outline Simple Ways of Protecting Insects

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As insects face a barrage of threats worldwide, scientists outlined actions individuals can take to reverse their decline. Cultivating native plants and/or leaving a patch of lawn or garden unmown and untreated with chemical pesticides and insecticides can help. Here, a hummingbird hawk moth prepares to feed.

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Jeff Gage/Florida Museum

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