# Insects in ecosystems

Insects in ecosystems: the many roles insects play. Pollinators (bees, butterflies, hoverflies), decomposers (dung beetles, fly larvae), food source for birds, bats, fish, and frogs, and pest controllers (ladybirds eating aphids). The thought experiment: what would happen if all insects disappeared?

Builds on: Food Chains & Energy Transfer (soft, https://ai.page/c/food-chains-and-energy-transfer/en.md), Minibeasts in the food chain (hard, https://ai.page/c/minibeasts-in-the-food-chain/en.md), Bees and pollination (hard, https://ai.page/c/bees-and-pollination/en.md)

Concept id: insects-in-ecosystems. Subject: science. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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