| 单词 | Colorado beetle |
| 例句 | The Democratic party is a party of famine; it is a good friend of an early frost, it believes in the Colorado beetle and the weevil. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Of the numerous plagues of this kind the locust, phylloxera and Colorado beetle may be cited. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z As she explained, Rachel took the Colorado beetle between her fat thumb and forefinger and soon crushed it. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z No, it is not a Colorado beetle, Robinson. Mr. Punch at the Seaside 2011-08-24T02:00:23.487Z They also tried it on the larvae of Colorado beetles, a notorious pest of potatoes. Pesticides: Smoking them out 2010-11-18T11:27:00Z We will venture to say that the Colorado beetle, the apple-worm, moths, bumble-bees, caterpillars, ants and spiders, were never before made so picturesque, never so idealized. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Such larvae, and also many with soft cuticle and swollen abdomen—those of the notorious “Colorado beetle,” for example—feed openly on foliage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" In 1876, again, there was great excitement and alarm about the 'Colorado beetle,' an importation from America, which was destined, it was said, to destroy all our potato-fields. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The Colorado beetle, by the immense damage it was doing to a necessary food crop, first led to a regular method of fighting insects in this country. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation He then set to work with Esther's pencils, and drew a portrait of Catherine under the figure of a large Colorado beetle, with wings extended. Esther The red chuprassie is our Colorado beetle, our potato disease, our Home ruler, our cupboard skeleton, the little rift in our lute. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series She, in return, has given us the Phylloxera, a few visitations of yellow fever, the Blatta gigantea, and, climate allowing, may perhaps throw in the Colorado beetle as a make-weight. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Now if they catch the Colorado beetle of us, it will go far toward paying them off for the rats and the mice, and for other pests in our houses. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton The other is the striped Colorado beetle, the eggs of which are laid on the under side of the leaves, and develop into adults in a short time. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Potato-beetle:—The striped Colorado beetle, which invariably finds the potato patch, no matter how small or isolated. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use |
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