Treatise On Origins Of Apparently Toxic Insect Pheromone Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • Anything that attracts, but especially a substance (such as a pheromone) that attracts insects or other animals.
	34%	3		Insect that leaves pheromone trails
	noun • social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
	33%	10		Insect that releases a pheromone when threatened
	noun • a variety of vespid wasp

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