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Playing dead really works to help insects avoid being eaten by birds

3 March 2021

Insects avoid being eaten by playing dead, because birds are easily distracted by other nearby insects that are still moving
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Steep decline of wasps and other flying nasties is a bad sign

19 October 2017

Aphids, midges and wasps are being added to the list of rapidly vanishing insects. It’s another alarming sign of a sixth mass extinction, says Olive Heffernan

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