Insects that have displaced most gnats? (4)

I believe the answer is:

ants

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'insects that' is the definition.
'ants' can be an answer for 'insects' (I know this). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.

'displaced most gnats?' is the wordplay.
'displaced' is an anagram indicator.
'most' means to remove the first letter.
'gnats' with its first letter removed is 'nats'.
'nats' anagrammed gives 'ANTS'.

'have' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ants that I've seen before include "Soldiers" , "Tiny insects that live in colonies" , "Busy little insects" , "Small social insects" , "Industrious insects" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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