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Beautiful insects foreign lads disturbed (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dragonflies

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'beautiful insects' is the definition.
'dragonflies' can be an answer for 'insects' (dragonfly is a kind of insect). I'm not sure about the 'beautiful' bit.

'foreign lads disturbed' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' indicates anagramming the letters (the order of letters is disturbed).
'foreign'+'lads'='foreignlads'
'foreignlads' with letters rearranged gives 'DRAGONFLIES'.

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(Another definition for dragonflies that I've seen is " Large-winged insects".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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