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Making street lights insect-friendly
• July 16, 2025, 12:23 AM ET (Deutsche Welle)
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Also Known As | Insecta |
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Pterygotaheteropterancoleopteranapterygoteantgrasshopperwaspbeebutterflymothreptilefishbirdmammalcrustaceanamphibianmolluskarachnidmillipedecentipede
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Key People

Anna Botsford Comstock
American illustrator and writer

Sir Vincent Wigglesworth
British entomologist

Jan Swammerdam
Dutch naturalist

Leland Ossian Howard
American entomologist

William Morton Wheeler
American entomologist

H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer

Charles Valentine Riley
American entomologist

René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
French entomologist

Thomas Say
American naturalist

Pierre-André Latreille
French zoologist

Pierre Lyonnet
Dutch naturalist and engraver

Johann Christian Fabricius
Danish entomologist

Jean Henri Fabre
French entomologist

John Henry Comstock
American entomologist

Charles De Geer
Swedish entomologist

Maria Sibylla Merian
German-born naturalist and artist