| 单词 | housefly |
| 例句 | I stared down at it and thought of Bunny, poor old Bunny, expert killer of flying pests, stalking houseflies with a rolled-up copy of the Hampden Examiner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the first place, as we have seen, the housefly has now become virtually uncontrollable by insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z With the housefly, however, more than doubling the population through releases could be highly objectionable, even though the increase would be only temporary. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even after the Bull was out of sight, the laughter followed Virgil like a buzzing housefly until he finally reached the plain redbrick home of the Tanakas. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Scientists at the Department of Agriculture laboratory in Orlando, Florida, are now sterilizing the housefly in laboratory experiments and even in some field trials, using chemicals incorporated in suitable foods. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Both houseflies and mosquitoes of the genus Culex began to show resistance to the sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The present conclusion of experts is that “housefly control has escaped insecticidal techniques and once more must be based on general sanitation.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Take the housefly. If it hadn’t developed all those split- second reflexes it would have become extinct long ago.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Resistant houseflies may have the stable-fly habit of sitting still in one place, thus greatly reducing the frequency of their contact with residues of poison. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z On the other hand, resistance among houseflies and body lice has now developed on a global scale. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Rosaleen looked straight ahead and acted as if the men were insignificant houseflies buzzing at our screen door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the merest twist on a premise as common as houseflies in which a childish adult is transformed by the joys and responsibilities of parenthood, or surrogate parenthood. Canada's 'Backpackers' and 'Seed' come home to roost at CW 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Striving to capture life in the outback, Mr. Kotcheff prepared for some scenes by releasing extra houseflies and spraying red dust. ‘Wake in Fright’ and Australian New Wave 2012-10-07T05:00:06Z That’s not a flowery description of her shade of yellow–each nail is actually decorated with a drawing of a pineapple the size of a housefly. Bright Lights, Broad City 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z "The Fly," a remake of the 1958 film of the same name, tells the story of a scientist named Seth Brundle who merges his DNA with that of a common housefly. "The Whale" is a horror film that taps into our fear of fatness 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Target’s product releases, most with a housefly’s life span, stoked the kind of get-it-while-you-can acquisitive frenzy that has been mirrored more recently at Supreme and Adidas and other street wear brands. You’ve Heard of the Drop. Target Had It First. 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z By comparison, a housefly is a murderous beast. Robert Hughes on art 2012-08-07T17:59:10Z During Taylor’s “Gossamer Gallants,” shiny green female bugs entice unwitting male houseflies. What to Do in New York City in November 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Also, and this is important, she made it through the debate without being saddled by a housefly. Pence vs. Harris: Amid lies and side-eyes, a garbage pile of a debate attracts a fly 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z We had little access to exotic butterflies, so our pinboard was covered with dragonflies, beetles, cicadas and houseflies. We’ve been children together, my daughter and me 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Musca domestica, otherwise known as the common housefly, is known to be a mechanical vector of pathogens. Pence vs. Harris: Amid lies and side-eyes, a garbage pile of a debate attracts a fly 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z From observation posts, visitors watch the behaviour of the canaries, mice and houseflies for signs of intoxication and form their own conclusions. Carsten H?ller: deers of perception 2010-12-21T21:59:00Z Talking cookies, disappearing bridges, reverse gravity, a housefly turned flying house, a car with arms, a nightmarish screaming mime. Pseudonymous Bosch’s First Book Under His Real Name 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z This one guy was just like a housefly. Comedian Tom Papa on the McCarthyism of the Left: "It's a terrifying moment" 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Federal, state and local agricultural officials plan to eradicate the fly, which is about the size of a housefly with black and yellow markings. Invasive fruit fly outbreak prompts agricultural quarantine in Santa Clarita Valley 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z People can be forgiving, our attention spans rival the life cycle of a housefly — one of the plot’s premises — move on. Review | In a sea of sad novels, ‘The Society of Shame’ dares us to laugh 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z There are far fewer moths and hoverflies than there were 125 years ago; now, flowers are being swarmed with muscoid flies, which are a superfamily including houseflies. Climate change means more flies and fewer moths and bees, study says 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z We’ve been wandering the preserve for more than an hour, and all we’ve seen are a few small wasps, a couple of ants, a housefly and lots of honey bees, which is a bad sign. Forget honey bees. This L.A. artist finds meaning chasing California native bees 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z As wings shrink, air friction overwhelms flight power—that’s why dragonflies soar as houseflies sputter. Tiny Flier ‘Swims’ through the Air at Superspeed 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z But hypervigilance has its limits, especially against a microscopic pathogen that can infiltrate a barn on the leg of a single housefly. Avian Flu Spread in the U.S. Worries Poultry Industry 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z If you see a dead housefly on a windowsill surrounded by a ghostly halo of tiny white spores, it’s a death trap. Fungus lures male flies into having sex with dead females 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z But elsewhere in the world, some insects are experiencing catastrophic declines, which gives a window for less charismatic bugs, like houseflies, to proliferate. Climate change means more flies and fewer moths and bees, study says 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z The study said bees, ants and beetles were disappearing eight times faster than mammals, birds or reptiles, while other species, such as houseflies and cockroaches, were likely to boom. Light pollution from street lamps linked to insect loss 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Their traveling companion — and here’s where I’ve buried the lead — is a giant housefly named Dominique, which they’re training to obey commands, like a dog, so that it will steal food for them. Review | Two losers adopt a housefly the size of a dog in the bizarre and hilarious film ‘Mandibles’ 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The common housefly can go from egg to maggot to pupa to adult in a matter of weeks, and that is a truly short life span. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This Taylor Swift review missed the point 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Prior to the new study, some researchers had observed male houseflies trying to mate with the corpses of females that had died of the fungus, Entomophthora muscae. Fungus lures male flies into having sex with dead females 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Specifically, there are far fewer moths and hoverflies than 125 years ago; now, flowers are being swarmed with muscoid flies, which are a superfamily including houseflies. Climate change means more flies and fewer moths and bees, study says 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z For many viewers, the most memorable image may be the housefly that placidly perched in Pence’s hair for more than two minutes. Vice presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence debate with friendlier fire 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Fact: To date, there is no evidence or information showing that COVID-19 is transmitted through mosquito bites or houseflies, says the WHO. Can you believe it? Here are 8 coronavirus myths people still think are true 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z What you are seeing is simply a housefly crawling across a lens in the optical path of the system’s telescope. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Instead of ‘euthanizing’ pigs, let’s work to give them a better life 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z The researchers couldn’t identify the fungus’ specific chemical attractant, but they say if it could be isolated and manufactured, it might be useful as a lure to trap houseflies. Fungus lures male flies into having sex with dead females 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Today, according to this study, you'd be far more likely to see these idyllic plants droning with black, boring houseflies like the kind typically buzzing around kitchen sinks. Climate change means more flies and fewer moths and bees, study says 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “Is there a housefly tooth fairy?” she asks me later, over a slice of pizza at a corner shop where a housefly buzzes around. The Case of the Angry Daughter 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Throughout the movie, some of the CGI special effects are pretty cool, as when Grace slices a housefly neatly in two, in slow motion, with a knife. Review | ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ is as good as the first two films — because it ignores what happened in the last three 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z However, some insect species, such as houseflies and cockroaches, appear to be on the up. 'Alarming' loss of insects and spiders recorded 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The fungal attraction can be spotted indoors or outdoors, where dead houseflies are perched with their wings spread, Naundrup says. Fungus lures male flies into having sex with dead females 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Less fuzzy flies, especially houseflies, are just not as good at pollinating as bees or moths. Climate change means more flies and fewer moths and bees, study says 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z When I say I don’t know if houseflies have teeth, she doesn’t yell at me and tell me how wrong I am; she says, “Of course houseflies have teeth.” The Case of the Angry Daughter 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z A scientist’s genes are mixed with those of a common housefly during a botched teleportation experiment. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z The total force is roughly the same as the weight of a housefly landing on your hand on Earth. Solar Sailing Success: Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z In between complaining about houseflies — “I don’t like flies!” — and talking about his hair, Trump gave his own unique interpretation of the First Amendment. In social media summit, Trump praises loyal meme makers 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Trump prefers to hold these meetings just two or three times a week, and is famously susceptible to distractions—people walking into the office, telephone calls, even houseflies. John Bolton on the Warpath 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z But researchers say that some species, such as houseflies and cockroaches, are likely to boom. Insect decline may see 'plague of pests' 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Three young houseflies stow away on Apollo 11 and help defend the spacecraft from Russian bugs who want to sabotage the mission. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z A housefly landed on her white Playboy sweats, and Dellatto caught the bug in his hand in midair. The Big Business of Becoming Bhad Bhabie 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z “I guess I’m kind of like a housefly; you can’t get rid of him. I just try to show up every year and win.” Red Sox face Pirates, open at home for first time in 7 years 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z The common housefly lives for about four weeks and, in that time, lays about 1,000 slimy white eggs. The first 25 days of Trump have been a zoetrope of galloping despair | Lindy West 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z The fly is a little bigger than a common housefly, with orange eyes and a metallic dark blue or gray body with three dark stripes down its back. A Long-Gone Parasite Returns to Florida, Leaving a Trail of Dead Deer 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z At such moments, he is a cartoon roughneck, swatting at his own amusement like a housefly. A Monument to Outlast Humanity 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z That’s only slightly longer than the life expectancy of the average housefly. In European leagues, the more things change, the more they stay the same 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z The tsetse fly is roughly similar in size and appearance to the ordinary housefly, but it packs a lot more of a punch. What are the world's deadliest animals? - BBC News 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z But with the houseflies he is raising next door, he hopes to break into an even bigger market. Feature: Why insects could be the ideal animal feed 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Regardless of fault, Ms. Kane’s descent is the swiftest and steepest in memory, even in a state where corruption in politics is as common as the housefly. After Rapid Rise, Pennsylvania Attorney General Faces Sharp Fall 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z They sequenced the genomes of six female houseflies, creating a 691 Mb long sequence. Fly genes hold clue to human illness 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z AgriProtein will use a combination of the black soldier fly, the blowfly and the common housefly. Insect farms: Investors see big profits in thinking small 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z At Harvard, the RoboBees project uses remote-control robots about the size of a fat housefly to study how those insects control and maintain flight. Observatory: How Fruit Flies Are Like Helicopters 2014-04-14T18:42:05Z Recently, Grant has added a new species of livestock: housefly larvae, also known as maggots. Feature: Why insects could be the ideal animal feed 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The disease is caused when houseflies, attracted to the moist eye, spread Chlamydia bacteria. Jimmy Carter works for global end to blindness caused by houseflies 2013-11-05T22:01:03Z In addition to crows, resistance genes have been detected in gulls, houseflies, moths, foxes, frogs, sharks and whales, as well as in sand and coastal samples from California and Washington. Flying the Coop: Antibiotic Resistance Spreads to Birds, Other Wildlife 2013-11-05T17:45:00.433Z Black soldier flies, common housefly larvae, silkworms and yellow mealworms were named as among the most promising species for industrial feed output in a report last month by the FAO, the United Nations food agency. Beetles, housefly larvae open new frontier in animal feed sector 2013-06-19T14:03:14Z That quest may seem a bit overdone, given the already weakened state of the attempt at financial regulation – like taking a hammer to a housefly. Wall Street's lawfare strategy against regulation 2013-06-19T11:15:00Z They also identified the same behaviour in carpenter ants and houseflies. Insects groom to improve smell 2013-02-05T03:56:20Z Carpenter ants, houseflies, and German cockroaches also suffered from gunk overload when prohibited from grooming, suggesting that fastidiousness is widespread. Video: Cleanliness Is Next to Cockroaches 2013-02-04T20:05:00Z If the thunder were toned down a bit and the lightning a trifle duller the alliance might claim its thousands, like the inconspicuous housefly, and never meet an objection. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z An inch-objective will show the head of an housefly, which in a bright light is a very beautiful object. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z If we take pains with our drains and water supply, so that human excrement does not get into it, and if we destroy the filth-carrying housefly, we do not have epidemics of typhoid. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z "The carpenter ant uses a foreleg to groom its antenna followed by cleaning of the foreleg with the mouth, whereas the housefly uses the foreleg only," she told BBC Nature. Insects groom to improve smell 2013-02-05T03:56:20Z Founder Dianne Guilfoyle says her recipes may include crickets, mealworms, ants, or even housefly pupae, which she says taste like blood sausage due to their high iron content. On the Menu: Stinkbugs and Mealworms 2011-11-17T22:00:26Z They had more than once noticed some very small bees, hardly larger than houseflies, flitting among the flowers. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Boys, girls, men, and women, both married and unmarried, were as promiscuous by night as houseflies are by day. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Although we have seen houseflies for millennia, complained about them in a thousand languages using a hundred thousand adjectives, in some ways they are still among the least known guests at the table. Fly on wall sees things it wishes it hadn't 2011-10-24T18:15:12.940Z There is the housefly, the lesser cabbage white butterfly, and one or two other little things. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The kinds of flies that most people think of as flies, including houseflies and bluebottle flies, are truly day fliers, Dr. Grimaldi said. Q & A: Flies in the Dark 2011-06-06T19:12:55Z The dangerous dog in the drawing-room lay, And snapped at the houseflies that came in his way. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z The common housefly is a marvel of aeronautical engineering. Cyborg Beetles: Merging of Machine and Insect to Create Flying Robots (preview) 2011-01-04T16:18:47.833Z What we do know about houseflies is that they gather a little bit of life from everything they touch and redistribute it, a sort of Robin Hood of germs. Fly on wall sees things it wishes it hadn't 2011-10-24T18:15:12.940Z Even nonbiting bugs like houseflies and cockroaches transmit disease by carrying bacteria on their feet or in their feces or vomit. They Crawl, They Bite, They Baffle Scientists 2010-08-30T21:40:00Z The commercial bragged that the racket enabled Connors to hit so accurately that he could bring down a housefly in flight. Federer Trick Shot Video Evokes One by Connors 2010-08-26T20:23:00Z After a while, it gets boring watching hitters flail at baseballs like drunks trying to hit houseflies with chopsticks. Celizic: Pitching? A brisk pace? Now this is baseball 2010-07-14T05:33:00Z Every game is nationally televised, every press box packed to the gunwales, and it doesn’t seem to bother him anymore than a bad smell bothers a housefly. Celizic: Strasburg belongs in MLB?s All-Star game 2010-06-28T03:28:00Z Certainly, the idea of houseflies riding into cities on horses is right, it is just that they would be riding a little further back. Fly on wall sees things it wishes it hadn't 2011-10-24T18:15:12.940Z Some months later there came items about houseflies the size of walnuts hatching out around the Prof's retreat. Of Stegner's Folly Note more than one hundred houseflies in the sleeping stage. Health Lessons Book 1 Write an article, not over 500 words, about the country-wide campaign against the housefly, and why, giving the diseases it transmits and make a diagram showing how the fly carries diseases, typhoid, tuberculosis and malaria. How Girls Can Help Their Country For him the inconceivable disaster was complete and utter; upon him despair descended as a patent swatter upon a lone housefly. The Life of the Party Each day, in each country, a housefly is born. Fly on wall sees things it wishes it hadn't 2011-10-24T18:15:12.940Z Now a swarm of houseflies the size of walnuts is news, and Jake and I got up there on the jump. Of Stegner's Folly We make a great fuss over a flea; hardly mention it in polite company; but we tolerate the dirty housefly on all our food. A Poor Man's House Why, with a bent pin, a bit of thread, and housefly, you can catch yourself a mess of trout any morning without venturing a hundred yards from your own door. The Gold Girl These maggots hatch from eggs inserted into the husk of nuts by a light-colored fly about the size of our common housefly. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 Some of the bacteria living on houseflies are their partners. Fly on wall sees things it wishes it hadn't 2011-10-24T18:15:12.940Z The oversized animals and birds drifted away, the huge houseflies perished or were eaten by the birds. Of Stegner's Folly Creepy animals are only too plentiful, the most objectionable at present is the common housefly which is a perfect plague. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Even the housefly seeks the shade and hums drowsily in complicated orbits about the upper part of the room, or, with too keen proboscis, destroys my last crumb of comfort, the post-prandial nap. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science As sound e'en now may be multiplied; The faintest moan like the roaring tide; The housefly's tread with its tiny feet Like tramp of horse on the stone-paved street. Gleams of Sunshine Optimistic Poems Just where do houseflies pick up these other bacteria, the ones the give back to us in vomit spots, feces and footsteps? Fly on wall sees things it wishes it hadn't 2011-10-24T18:15:12.940Z At least one of these worms has an intermediate stage in the ordinary housefly, the fly becoming infested while it is a larva developing in horse manure. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse They recalled the British housefly, only they were much larger, and extremely pugnacious. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Shall I ever again sit for two mortal hours hearing a housefly buzz in the window and thinking it a pleasant voice! In the Footprints of the Padres Both the aunt and the children were conversational in a limited, persistent way, reminding one of the attentions of a housefly that refuses to be discouraged. Beasts and Super-Beasts Certainly, the idea of houseflies riding into cities on horses is right, it is just that they would be riding a little further back. Fly on wall sees things it wishes it hadn't 2011-10-24T18:15:12.940Z Ransom has shown that the larval stage of H. muscæ develops in the common housefly, the fly becoming infested as a maggot in horse manure. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The grey ripples lapped gently on jagged shingle, and a persistent housefly buzzed loudly round their heads; at that hour there were as yet few midges, and it was very peaceful, very solitary, very desolate. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story The difference in brain, capacity and intelligence between man and the ape is 50% greater than the difference in size between the elephant and the housefly. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments I see him now in my mind's eye, making his annual appearance like a rheumatic housefly, stepping high like a blind horse. Remarks Bacteria on housefly eggs, Musca domestica, suppress fungal growth in chicken manure through nutrient depletion or antifungal metabolites. Fly on wall sees things it wishes it hadn't 2011-10-24T18:15:12.940Z The first two pages convince you that the human race is doomed to extermination within eighteen months by the housefly route! The Long Ago They were insignificant in size and of a dark gray color, not unlike that of the housefly. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Among other visitors, watch the common housefly alighting on the knobby stigma, a most convenient landing place, where he leaves some pollen carried on his underside from other nightshade blossoms. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors They didn't care whether the housefly wiped his feet before he came into the house or not. Speaking of Operations Then Sergey Ivanovitch induced him to tell them about the very interesting observations he had made on the habits and characteristics of common houseflies, and their life. Anna Karenina Dear Blades,—I send you an example of the 'enemy'-mosity of an ordinary housefly. The Enemies of Books |
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