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The word insect is often considered synonymous with the term noxious organism. Insects are regularly mentioned as being harmful, cruel and dangerous creatures. Upon asking people to list some insect names, they will start with such examples as mosquitoes, flies, wasps, locusts, and ants. Beneficial, beautiful, or benign insects do not usually occur among the first five species mentioned.
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van Lenteren, J.C. (1997). From Homo economicus to Homo ecologicus: towards environmentally safe pest control. In: Rosen, D., Tel-Or, E., Hadar, Y., Chen, Y. (eds) Modern Agriculture and the Environment. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 71. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5418-5_2
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