Our shed has several insect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.

Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

The swamp is swarming with every sort of insect.

The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of insect.

Insect

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