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I am an insect. Half of my name is another insect. I am similar to the name of a famous band. What am I?
Before I grow I'm small. When I'm old I grow tall. When I die I give a mighty fall.
I am always around you but often forgotten. I am pure and clean most of the time, but occasionally rotten. What am I?
In Paris but not in France the thinnest of its siblings.
A large oasis in the desert. Come with cash and leave with none.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.