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Making street lights insect-friendly July 16, 2025, 12:23 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)

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Anna Botsford Comstock.
Anna Botsford Comstock
American illustrator and writer
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Sir Vincent Wigglesworth
British entomologist
Swammerdam, Jan
Jan Swammerdam
Dutch naturalist
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Leland Ossian Howard
American entomologist
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William Morton Wheeler
American entomologist
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
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Charles Valentine Riley
American entomologist
Say, Thomas
Thomas Say
American naturalist
Latreille, detail of an engraving after a portrait, 1823
Pierre-André Latreille
French zoologist
Lyonnet, detail of an oil painting by Hendrik van Limborch, 1742; in a private collection
Pierre Lyonnet
Dutch naturalist and engraver
Johann Christian Fabricius, engraving by G.L. Lahde, 1805
Johann Christian Fabricius
Danish entomologist
Fabre, Jean Henri
Jean Henri Fabre
French entomologist
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John Henry Comstock
American entomologist
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Charles De Geer
Swedish entomologist
Merian, Maria Sibylla
Maria Sibylla Merian
German-born naturalist and artist