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Surviving the City--An Advisory Report for Insects Considering the Move to the Big Cityby D. M. Sether

The modern streetwise, urban insect, like its human counterpart, is a creature of the unnatural environment in which it lives. Isolation, species fitness, plant diversity, physical surroundings, niche availability and the impact of the urban environment on host plants all play a role in deciding which insects can make the move to the big city.