The hidden ways insects support animal life-from habitat to health-go way beyond being food

There are at least 14 million insect species on Earth, and they play highly diverse roles in sustaining the natural world. Insects provide many well-known benefits-what scientists often call “ecosystem services.” For example, you can thank a bee or a hoverfly for pollinating wildflowers and agricultural crops, or credit dung beetles for decomposing manure and other waste materials.
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