Word Finder - pests

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A plague, pestilence, epidemic

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Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.

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An annoying person, a nuisance.

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An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.

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An invasive weed.

In the not too distant future, tiny robots will detect pests on produce and emit a signal to shoo them away.

One of the worst pests of pear trees is the pear midge, known as Diplosis pyrivora or Cecidomyia nigra, the females of which lay their eggs in the flowerbuds before they open.

Among the Coleoptera or bettles there is a group of world-wide pests, the Elateridae or click beetles, the adults of the various " wireworms."

One of the most p im ortant ways of keeping insect pests in check is by " spraying " or " washing."

Refuse areas are the perfect breeding ground for all kinds of pests.

Most, if not all, of the important knowledge of remedies comes from America, where this subject reaches the highest perfection; even the life-histories of some of the British pests have been traced out in the United States and British colonies more completely than at home, from the creatures that have been introduced from Europe.

Yet these figures are nothing compared to the losses due to scale insects, locusts and other pests.

The most important works dealing with fruit and other pests come from the pens of Saunders, Lintner, Riley, Slingerland and others in America and Canada, from Taschenberg, Lampa, Reuter and Kollar in Europe, and from French, Froggatt and Tryon in Australia.

The most important Hymenopterous pests are the sawflies or Tenthredinidae, which in their larval stage attack almost all vegetation.

Cereal pests can only be treated by general cleanliness and good farming, and of course they are largely kept down by the rotation of crops.

Insects are numerous, and of about 500 species of beetle some 80% are not known to exist elsewhere; cockroaches and green locusts are pests, as are, also, mosquitoes,' wasps, scorpions, centipedes and white ants, which have all been introduced from elsewhere.

Various new preparations are coming on the market for the destruction of greenhouse pests.

Luther was never a "wandering student"; his parents were too careful of their child to permit him to lead the life of wandering licence which marked these pests of medieval German scholastic life.

Mosquitoes and sand-flies are the chief insect pests, and in some districts are very troublesome.

Apart from some fulminations against such modern pests s socialism, communism, secret societies, Bible societies, clerico-liberal societies," the Syllabus says nothing that the papacy had not been saying for hundreds of years.

A director of agriculture was appointed in 1896, and leaflets are issued pointing out improvements within the means of the villager, and how to deal with plant diseases and insect pests.

Under certain circumstances, however, the native animals may recover, for in some cases they even profit by man's advent, and at times themselves become pests, like the Kea parrot (Nestor notabilis), which attacks sheep in New Zealand, and the bobolink or rice-bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) in North America.

Both these pests have been successfully combated, largely by the use of sulphur and by grafting immune American vines upon native stocks.

They are also fond of grapes and other fruits, and are thus the pests of the vineyard as well as the poultryyard.

The pocket-gopher and the jack-rabbit are so numerous as to be great pests.

Fungus spores will not germinate without moisture, and attention to drainage helps to keep down this and other fungus pests.

The chief pests are mosquitoes, termites and the serut, a brown fly about the size of a wasp, with a sharp stab, which chiefly attacks cattle.

Weeds are very numerous (about 125); and some, notably the sand-bur (Solanum rostratum) cockle-bur, and tumble-weeds among indigenous, and the Russian thistle (Salsola tragus) and purslane among non-indigenous species, are agricultural pests.

Fungus parasites have been used with some, but on the whole rather slight, success, and mechanical appliances with perhaps greater success, in combating these pests.

Biology, identification and control of the major greenhouse pests including aphids, whitefly and mites.

The other half is predominantly arable; foxes kill three of the major pests to arable farmers - rabbits, voles and mice.

It functions to bind the vitamin biotin, which is required for many insect pests.

In 1996, Monsanto's pest-resistant Bt-cotton succumbed to a heat wave in the southern US and was destroyed by bollworms and other pests.

The fusion toxin was active against two insect pests of rice, leaf folder and yellow stem borer.

Pests The only pest on lavender is the green capsid bug or cuckoo spit.

They are mostly carnivorous, and eat other pests such as slugs, so they are generally beneficial in the garden.

Small netting mesh cloches can be used to keep pests and pets off seeds etc., too.

Pesticide - A chemical compound used to kill pests.

Herculex I protects against several insect pests, including European and southwestern corn borer, western bean cutworm and black cutworm.

A cheaper and safer alternative to chemical control has proved highly effective against several key insect pests.

Sheep farmers, forced to dip sheep in organophosphates to control skin boring pests called warble fly, have suffered serious health problems.

Invasive organisms, pests and diseases threaten food and agricultural systems and critical terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems and environmental services.

Many of these pests excrete a sticky, sugary liquid called honeydew.

Controlling pests Plants are often infested soon after being planted out and, if unchecked, foliage and flowers can become unsightly.

The green lacewing is an important predator of the insect pests of maize.

Describe three significant pests or diseases of dairy cattle, including mastitis.

Farmers rely on locally available natural resources to maintain soil fertility and to combat pests and diseases.

The premises were immediately closed so the owner could clean up and eradicate the pests.

They also help deter pests from food scraps, and neighbors often appreciate not having to look at an ugly, uncovered pile.

Some cooking herbs even have properties that repel common insect pests and garden diseases, which is an added benefit to your vegetables.

With good organic practice they increase soil and plant vitality which helps plants resist pests and diseases.

The pest Control Service which is part of the Environmental Health Service can give advice on the best way of controlling pests.

Spray apples against Bitter Bit with calcium nitrate Use a suitable insecticide to control the most troublesome pests.

Does the Council provide a service for treating insect pests?

The appeal of natural repellents Recent research has identified particular plant extracts which could help to keep insect pests at bay.