Natural Occurrence
- See also Insect defenses
In nature, it is found in the stings and bites of many insects of the order Hymenoptera, mainly ants. Formic acid is a naturally occurring component of the atmosphere due primarily to forest emissions.
Read more about this topic: Formic Acid
Famous quotes containing the words natural and/or occurrence:
“Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
“One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)