Their work is distinguished by their primary use of red, which comes from a local pigment produced from crushed insects.

It twitched like a crushed and maimed insect.

Llefelys creates a potion of crushed insects in water which destroys the Coraniaid when sprinkled on them.

Or perhaps the person touched a crushed insect, or perhaps he or she was bitten by a spider.

Possibly he had pricked his finger on a crystal that had been contaminated with urine from some animal or the remains of a crushed insect.

Cosmetics often use vibrant colors that are derived from some unexpected sources, ranging from crushed insects to rust.

Two relatively intact bodies were thrashing around wildly on their backs like crushed insects.

What they actually record is dust, crushed insects and other debris that accumulated on the windshield of Mr. Fontcuberta's car.

She knew she was hallucinating, but she felt as though the crushed insect had wormed its way into her brain.

A common problem is fallen leaves, though there have been cases where crushed insects have also caused detection failures.