| 单词 | greenfly |
| 例句 | Social wasps are predators and as such they play a vital ecological role, controlling the numbers of potential pests like greenfly and many caterpillars. What's really the point of wasps? - BBC News 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Aphids - such as greenfly and blackfly - damage plants by sucking nutrients from their sap, and can also introduce plant viruses. UK GM wheat 'does not repel pests' - BBC News 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z About a month ago, a swarm of greenfly and midges got into the dining area and we had to shut the restaurant. Bug swarm forces McDonald's closure 2013-07-11T07:34:25Z The wheat in the Rothamsted trial is genetically modified to produce a scent undetectable to the human nose that will deter wheat pests such as greenfly and blackfly aphids. GM crop-trial website taken down by cyber-attack 2012-05-28T11:21:00Z "A single greenfly," declared a speaker at a meeting of the R.S.P.C.A., "may have fifteen thousand descendants in a week." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920 The greenfly makes its colonies in the rose, a purple fellow swarms under the leaves of the apples, and another scoundrel, black as the night, swarms over the beans. The Pleasures of Ignorance The conditions for cinerarias are a cool temperature, frequent repotting, and guarding against the attacks of the greenfly. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Midges and greenfly have been attracted by the lights and swarmed in the dining area, Mr Nicholls said. Bug swarm forces McDonald's closure 2013-07-11T07:34:25Z A small greenfly had got entangled in a spider's web, and was fluttering its tiny wings violently to effect an escape. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Though all was so pleasant, he felt oddly restless, rather suffocated; and lighting his pipe, began to move about among the roses, blowing tobacco at the greenfly; in war-time one was never quite idle! Five Tales I forgot my dislike of greenflies, and was overcome with a fierce antagonism for the fat fellow who had the game so entirely in his hands. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough "Are our points of view then all dictated by our selfish motives as those of your friend the spider, who has probably by this time gobbled my friend the greenfly?" Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Sometimes the greenfly will be on top, sometimes the spider. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Moreover," said he, "I have seen you kill greenflies yourself. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough |
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