George McGavin is an entomologist at the University of Oxford
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Insects hold the key to our survival 鈥撎� and we need to realise this before it鈥檚 too late. So entomologist will argue at New Scientist Live next month, as he explores the question of 鈥淲hat have insects ever done for us?鈥�
McGavin will explore the fascinating natural history of insects, the most species-rich and abundant group of multicellular organisms ever to have evolved on our planet. They were among the first animals to conquer land and the first to take to the air. In fact, insects play a vital role in land-based ecosystems and we ignore them at our peril.
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