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Products we get from bees

• We get silk from silkworms.
• Some insects carry seeds to diff erent places which then grow into new plants.

• Many insects eat dead plants and animals and
Did You Know!
clean up the environment. For example, beetle
Dragonfl ies are the most
larvae feed on plant remains and dead bodies of charming fl ying insects. They
animals. do not sting or bite. They do
not even carry germs
• Dragonfl ies help in keeping the number of or diseases with

mosquitoes under control. them.

TIME TO REVISE

How are some insects helpful to us? Give examples.

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Harmful Insects

Many insects are harmful to us. They spread diseases and damage crops, stored
food, books, furniture and clothes. Insects that bother us in houses include

mosquitoes, termites, lice, cockroaches, housefl ies and bedbugs.

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Some harmful insects

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