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What's the point of insects?

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They're worth a cool $57 billion to the United States each year, that's what.

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  1. LoseyJ. E.& VaughanM. BioScience, 56. 311 - 323 (2006).

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  1. Michael Hopkin
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Hopkin, M. What's the point of insects?. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news060327-19

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