6. Carnivorous insects, and insects which feed on decaying animal
matter, which occasionally burrow underground in search of food.
I hope it will be clear from what we have said that insects must take
an important part in the changes in the character of the soil which are
constantly going on, quite as important indeed as do the earthworms
about which Darwin wrote.
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