Washington County News | 1924-08-07 | Page 7 | Insects Lead All |

Type	issue
Date	1924-08-07
Paper	Washington County News
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Insects Lead All
Type	article
Date	1924-08-07
Paper	Washington County News
Page	7
OCR Text	Show Insects Lead All It Is computed that there are five times as many different kinds of Insects In-sects as There are sperles of all other living things put together. Seventy vears ai:n the number of species ot insects preserved in collection- was about 170. fl. Today It is estimated that there are 7."u.O;Ki sorts, and that without counting the parasitic -r.--turcs. in Kui'ope ahme there arc .""U.Ofxl sperios. Most insects live nn tr(?es or plants. There are known to je 4."0 ports which make their Iioim 1 in oak trees, and about - In tnr I pine. Of beetles aionu the varietij exceed 1!Xi.0.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69w1vs9/21742011