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• n  small air-breathing arthropod
• n  a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

• A pesky insect has Southern California up in arms .
• You would, however, place a harmless insect in the box.
• A pesky insect has Southern California up in arms .

• worm
• louse
• dirt ball

News & Articles

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• State insect: Honeybee supports W.Va.s main industry
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In the spring and summer they can be seen all over West Virginia, busy pollinating everything from the decorative landscape to grains of wheat in the field. In 2002, West Virginia legislators designated the honeybee the state insect...
  June 16, 2013 - The Charleston Gazette
• Benefits of insect repellents can outweigh risks, doctor says (story, video)
  When Eric Miron visits Appleton's Pierce Park with his 7-year-old daughter, he generally forgoes the insect repellent.
  June 15, 2013 - The Appleton Post-Crescent
• Mariner Biomedical is Providing Insect Repellent to The US Open Golf Tournament Held June 13-16, 2013 in Ardmore, PA
  Mariner Biomedical is providing 2,000 towelettes packaged in individual pouches containing Deter Insect Repellent®, a scientifically proven natural insect repellent, to participants of the 2013 US Open Golf Tournament. (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/usopen/marinerbiomedical/prweb10824101.htm
  June 12, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Ingrid Newkirk in PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
  Spokesperson Ingrid Newkirk tells the New York Post, "She chose to make a tiny insect an amputee. Perhaps she should change her name legally to 'Heart of Stone'" Earlier this month (Jul08) Newkirk wrote Stone a letter, offering Stone a brain...
• Margaret Chan in Reuters UK
  We found in the gut of one biting insect, preserved in amber from that era, the pathogen that causes leishmania - a serious disease still today, one that can infect both reptiles and humans. In another biting insect, we discovered organisms that... George Poinar http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Poinar,_Jr.&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHPZ0hHH3l7qNV4q65gqIx-0SB1jw Times of India http://www.google.com/url?q=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Insects_caused_dinosaur_extinction/articleshow/2674068.cms&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFiFWqGIFX1xP4vsXpFBzJHYINqhQ Jan 3, 2008 52184 69507 insect No country can shield itself from invasion by a pathogen incubating in an airline passenger or an insect hiding in a cargo hold," Chan told reporters.