| 单词 | beetle |
| 例句 | “Dung beetle, dung beetle, you must be afeared, so far from your dung,” they chanted. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew it had to be a spy for whoever had sent them here—Alby had told him as much, saying the beetles were how the Creators watched them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Thomas squinted and tried to focus on the beetle’s body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It is upside down, wheels sticking up into the air and still spinning, like a beetle stuck on its back. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Dung beetle! Dung beetle! Smelly old dung beetle sleeping in the dung.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry tipped the powdered beetles into his cauldron and started cutting up his ginger roots. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z During his time in the desert, he had learned that, in Egypt, the scarab beetles are a symbol of God. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the eastern areas where the beetles have been longest established, attempts have been made to set up natural controls. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The Michigan spraying was one of the first large-scale attacks on the Japanese beetle from the air. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “The buzzing of the wings of beetles,” replied his tutor at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The female Tiphia, finding a beetle grub in the soil, injects a paralyzing fluid and attaches a single egg to the undersurface of the grub. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z So too did the tiny insects that crawled upon them: the beetles and wasps, the bees that floated from blossom to blossom. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He turned and almost screamed out loud—a beetle blade was only a few inches from him, its spindly legs poking through the ivy and somehow sticking to the stone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It contained pictures of the strangest of insects: beetles with horns, beetles with proboscises—one even had a proper nose. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But she was also beginning to understand the porcupines and the salamanders and the beetles. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z This was true of cockroaches, sheep, bees, and beetles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided to perfect the “Toads, beetles, bats” one first, since that was the one I understood the best and because when I said it, a little bit of spit came out with the “beetles.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Pheasant hunters felt the effects of the beetle campaign sharply. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Like Darwin, he collected beetles, but he lacked his cousin’s plodding, taxonomic mind and soon gave up his collection for more ambitious pursuits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A pair of brown-and-orange beetles, disturbed by the feeding rabbits, took off from a grass stem and flew away, still coupled together. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our world has a remarkable cohesion—a set of elements that make up everything in it. Everything in it. Leaf and beetle, tongue and teeth, iron and water, honey and gold. Azoth is...” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The letters on the poster look like black beetles marching across the wall. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “In The Gold-Bug a beetle marks the spot where the treasure is hidden.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I found him sitting in the garden putting little green beetles in holes he dug, burying them alive. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The White beetles burrowing away from the light. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably just an animal, maybe another beetle blade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z An official release by the state agency merely declared that the beetle had “put in its appearance” in the areas designated for the aerial attack upon it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But it’s the black beetles that relentlessly chew. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Florida tilted a twig toward the beetle, letting it run up the side. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Now, in July 1838, as he headed toward Maer, he knew that the woman he married would have to be one who would not fight his passion for beetles and beaks of finches. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The scratching of a beetle on the porch. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Determined not to look at Snape, Harry resumed the mashing of his scarab beetles, imagining each one to have Snape’s face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It is the adult beetles, emerging from hibernation to feed in late April and May, that transmit Dutch elm disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Twig had drawn a whole stack of egg drop designs and had started an Operation Egg binder, which contained all her notes and was covered in beetle stickers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z After a time, I glared into the gloom as if I could pierce it with my gaze, and felt it almost part into its constituent blacknesses, so that I could see the beetles there. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Weasel wasn't either, but Hot Pie retched up the beetle he tried to swallow, and Lommy and Gendry wouldn't even try. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was reduced to eating the pumpkin leaves when every one of the new vegetables was devoured by beetles. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily studied the book on her lap, as if the beetle on the cover might start talking and give them the answer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The back of her hands were covered with small brown spots the size of raisins, and her shiny nails looked like the wings of red beetles. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “And yes, I suppose there are a great many flies and beetles and crawling things—but they didn’t bite or sting, did they? You aren’t afraid of a fly, are you, George?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z An even more important role has been played by a bacterial disease that affects beetles of the family to which the Japanese beetle belongs — the scarabaeids. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The “and ’s” is not easy to say, but it came off pretty well, with about as much spit as “beetles.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Don’t be stupid,” Hermione snapped, starting to pound up her beetles again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And this canal went on and on, through cities that would have rattled like beetles in a dry skull if you shook them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Poke a stick in the sandy soil and a few blue-skinned beetles would appear, an avenue of ants, so many crusty lady bugs. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We are told also that milky spore disease cannot be used on the periphery of the beetle’s range because it can be established only where a large grub population is already present in the soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It meant beetle, like the glittering gold one on the cover. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The woods grew quiet now; even the beetles stopped rubbing their smooth shells on softened bark, even the wind picked around the branches instead of rattling straight through. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Delly Cartwright is a pasty-faced, lumpy girl with yellowish hair who looks about as much like our server as a beetle does a butterfly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He especially enjoyed catching beetles and water bugs from the streams, but above all else, he was passionate about collecting itself. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then a drought year brought conditions especially favorable to the beetle and the mortality of elms went up 1000 per cent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z From far off, it looks like hundreds of beetles ringed around a single dome of light. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides the vedalia beetles brought in by Koebele, other importations have been highly successful. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The men in the beetles were talking and the attendants were talking about the engines, the gas, the money owed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon both native and African women were bringing her specimens and describing uses for each leaf, worm, and beetle. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Infected elm wood, after being cut and stored for firewood, will release a crop of fungus-carrying beetles unless burned before spring. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Birds snacked on our blueberries; beetles went after the cucumbers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Lefty stared out at the motor cars parked like giant beetles at the curbsides. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her face is an almond sheen of sweat under her white cotton turban, and her lace blouson, settled off her shoulders, reveals duplicate moles, big and black as beetles, at the base of her throat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Did butterflies eventually turn into birds, or beetles into frogs? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Branch, beside him, was pawing excitedly at a large iridescent beetle, blocking its path again and again with a paw as the beetle tried unsuccessfully to waddle by. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How something so tiny could be so bottomless was a mystery to Pacheco: it was like clowns getting out of, or rather into, a Volkswagen beetle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Mack can stomp, the beetle skitters away, disappearing through a crack in the wall. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Sure enough, there’s one of an enormous beetle. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z These midwestern programs have been conducted in a spirit of crisis, as though the advance of the beetle presented an extreme peril justifying any means to combat it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Powerful sprayers direct a stream of poison to all parts of the tallest trees, killing directly not only the target organism, the bark beetle, but other insects, including pollinating species and predatory spiders and beetles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Hazel turned one of the stink bugs over with the toe of his wet tennis shoe and the shining black beetle strove madly with floundering legs to get upright again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The stone was shaped like a beetle, flat enough to be concealed by the grass but bulky enough to catch a toe if you hit it the right way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “There’s something funny, though,” said Hermione ten minutes later, holding her pestle suspended over a bowl of scarab beetles. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I haven't decided. Right now I've got an awful feeling I want to smash things and kill things:' “Go take the beetle.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z And that would have been a disaster so immense that this weary old earth, owned or not to its fiery core, would have trembled on its axis like a beetle on a pin. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Kira looked over quickly, but the beetle had been consumed now. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the tip of her finger she traced the strange markings: straight lines like beetle tracks through a dead log, or birds swarming in a white sky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Demolishment was an excellent sport for me; I welcomed the savagery of axe and beetle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The stone was shaped like a beetle, flat enough to be concealed by the grass but bulky enough to catch a toe if you hit it the right way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A fragment of beetle was sticking to her lower lip, and there was no expression at all in her black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z And it was serious competition, for Charles was passionate about those beetles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A yellow-and-black burying beetle, crawling across the white fur of his belly, stopped, waved its short, curved antennae and then moved on again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Another little black thing joined the first; they moved not like birds but like flying beetles, heavy and direct, and with a droning sound. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z All the while, his eyes stayed riveted on the beetle blade scuttling across the forest floor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In the long rows of tobacco mounds, children stood in the sun and watched the turkeys eat the hornworm and the devouring beetle off leaves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Perdix wound up the beetle and tossed it into the sky. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Directly ahead lay a gas station, a great chunk of porcelain snow shining there, and two silver beetles pulling in to fill up. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z A tinier version than the cover beetle, drawn in black ink. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There are ants, grubs and beetles, frogs and toads, garter snakes, even salamanders if we’re lucky. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Emily and James tore at the grass and dug under the beetle until they could grasp it like a knob. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He knew that these beetles come to dead bodies, on which they feed and lay their eggs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The beetle tickled as it wandered over my hand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Ladybugs or lady beetles are among the most effective destroyers of aphids, scale insects, and other plant-eating insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Cartilage of cow,” he tells me, “and spine of black beetle.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Academically, the fact that insects could be sterilized by exposure to X-ray had been known since 1916, when an entomologist by the name of G. A. Runner reported such sterilization of cigarette beetles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The beetle came in a single whistling trajectory, fired from an invisible rifle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew now that for seven years the Thought Police had watched him like a beetle under a magnifying glass. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z That is, of course, if you’re a weirdo who wants a jumbo pack of beetle stickers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I read and Amil sketched little beetles crawling out of their holes, and then we heard Papa’s heavy step on the stone walk. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Call it aspirational,” says Tao, going back to his book, which looks to be about beetles. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She has studied the creatures that ride on their petals: the soft green bodies of caterpillars, the shiny armor of beetles, the delicate wings of moths. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He imagined beetle blades out there, helping the creatures find their way. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z James tried to lift the beetle but couldn’t. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It meant beetle, like the glittering gold one on the cover. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The disease is spread from diseased to healthy trees by elm bark beetles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The ground teemed with insects, and he began putting ants, beetles, spiders, and even a fuzzy caterpillar into his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Inside were a few twigs and leaves and one large, fat beetle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His face was almost completely hidden by a long, shaggy mane of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes, glinting like black beetles under all the hair. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Far down the boulevard, four blocks away, the beetle had slowed, spun about on two wheels, and was now racing back, slanting over on the wrong side of the street, picking up speed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He was now half across the street, but the roar from the beetle's engines whined higher as it put on speed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z A few dead beetles, two large earthworms, some unidentifiable vegetation and the pitiful carcass of a long-dead sparrow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Past a deepblue beetle balanced on an unbending blade of grass. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The gold beetle embossed on the front glittered at her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Alas,” he wrote later, the one in his mouth “ejected some intensely acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue so that I was forced to spit the beetle out.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the same time that he devoured Paley and theology, Charles was devouring natural history and collecting specimens, especially beetles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The beetle sailed into open sky, and Perdix reached a little too far. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As a result these Japanese beetle programs have caused shocking destruction of animal life and have exposed human beings to undeniable hazard. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The book was entirely too special-looking: a hardback bound in linen cloth the color of a pomegranate, a gold beetle embossed on the front with flecks that sparkled when you tilted the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He kicked it away and watched countless dislodged beetles scurry to new hiding places. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The song “Weevily Wheat” refers to wheat that is infested with beetles or weevils that destroy the plants. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The beetle flew free at once, and Father Gomez felt a surge of relief and strength. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I whispered the “Toads, beetles, bats” one here and got it just right. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The woman’s eyes glittered like black beetles in her ravaged face, and the man licked his lips as if hungry. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She put the beetle book back in its place. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Francis,” she says to her assistant, “could you show Max something in the museum for a moment? Perhaps the beetles?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “It's all there. I only deducted the glass beetle your brother broke last time. Sign the receipt here. You can write, I hope?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Its arms shifted about like the legs of the beetle blade, some with sharp picks that drove into the stone of the wall for support. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The assistant director’s office occupies a dusty third-floor corner that overlooks the gardens: walnut-paneled, overheated, decorated with pinned butterflies and beetles in alternating frames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As he did so, he looked at Mo as uneasily as if he feared a word from him might turn him into a frog or one of the beetles still crawling around among the coins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Shiny black water beetles pushed across the bottom of the pool, leaving trails of tiny air bubbles twisting to the surface. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z By 1938 it was rather widely prevalent in the older areas of Japanese beetle infestation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She looks right through me, the way passersby usually do, as if I'm no bigger than the beetle crawling in a crack in the sidewalk. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “On the little creatures that live here. The beetle blades.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Thus, woodpeckers are the primary control of the Engelmann spruce beetle, reducing its populations from 45 to 98 per cent and are important in the control of the codling moth in apple orchards. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z So behind the motorcar came a dozen or so rickshaws, bouncing up and down like crickets following a large shiny beetle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Within small areas the beetles accomplish their own dispersion, moving on as soon as the Klamath weed dies out and locating new stands with great precision. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z First, the word he’d seen scrawled across the torso of both beetle blades— WICKED—ran through his thoughts again and again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She has brought with her bolts of fabric, some of it stiff gold, one that changes color like iridescent beetle wings. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A shiny dark shuttle squats in the shadows like a carpet beetle, waiting for when it will go into duty in four hundred years. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was different from the scuttling beetle that had led him to the forest, but just as odd. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Jude gets up and walks over to Mom, looking down on her like she’s a beady little beetle. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She tilted the book this way and that, watching the light play off the golden beetle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Thomas couldn’t imagine why that one word would be stamped on the beetle blade, unless for the purpose of announcing to the Gladers that it was evil. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z There were many tiny beetles with something sticking out at their backs, as if they had forgotten to tuck in their wings properly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a lesson for him: Bugs don’t always do what you want them to, and not all beetles want to be caught. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And here we were now opening the lid of a sealed jar, and all the anticipation of a tomorrow planned a thousand yesterdays ago came skittering to our feet like slick-shelled beetles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Within only two years after the first shipment of the beetles, the scale was under complete control throughout the citrus-growing sections of California. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She turned her head almost upside down to focus on a twisting leaf, a flying beetle, and a bird. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Wisps of laughter trailed back to him with the blue exhaust from the beetle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The humming of the screws overhead dropped an octave and a half, back through wasp and hornet to bumble bee, to cockchafer, to stag- beetle. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z An instant before reaching him the wild beetle cut and swerved out. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a word that has bats and beetles all over it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The beetle blade had already revealed his exact position. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Actually, the ladybird isn’t a bird at all. It’s a type of beetle. A pest,” Shanti said pointedly. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was supposed to be turning a beetle into a button, but all he managed to do was give his beetle a lot of exercise as it scuttled over the desktop avoiding his wand. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Clive Pike, to my left, eyes beetling bigger than humanly possible, g-force ribbling his face. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z By 1945, milky spore disease was raging among the beetle populations of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After the devastating bath of dieldrin recently administered to the farmlands in eastern Illinois for the control of the Japanese beetle, farmers discovered that corn borers had increased enormously in the treated area. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But he kept working on the book, veering away from it sometimes to help Frank with his beetles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Certainly. Flies, bugs, grasshoppers, choice beetles, moths, butterflies, tasty cockroaches, gnats, midges, daddy longlegs, centipedes, mosquitoes, crickets—anything that is careless enough to get caught in my web. I have to live, don’t I?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Once you started walking you'd have to gauge how fast those beetles could make it down here. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z This token infestation is harmless and is actually needed in order to maintain a population of beetles as protection against a future increase in the weed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I dig a beetle larva out of a decaying log and put it on a thornbush fishhook I made and tied to a fine cord of deer tendon. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One was the fire ant eradication program in the South; the other was the spraying for the Japanese beetle in the Midwest. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “That was one of them beetle blades,” someone said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The Japanese beetle, an insect accidentally imported into the United States, was discovered in New Jersey in 1916, when a few shiny beetles of a metallic green color were seen in a nursery near Riverton. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But he didn’t realize Fred and George had put beetles in his soup. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Then there were stuffed birds, popinjays, and maggot- pies and kingfishers, and peacocks with all their feathers but two, and tiny birds like beetles,'and a reputed phoenix which smelt of incense and cinnamon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A tinier version than the cover beetle, drawn in black ink. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The dog’s ears shot up at the sound of his name but his eyes never left the beetle on the step. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I kick up the woven mat of leaves at my feet and release months and years of decay and send beetles scurrying for cover. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z There was also the problem of them putting the odd item they found in the dust into their mouths; I saved the lives of a couple of beetles and a disoriented night crawler that way. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “It’s related to the scarab beetle, which the ancient Egyptians worshipped as a symbol of the morning sun and the afterlife. Sometimes they wore it as jewelry.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But then he saw a different kind of beetle on a tree. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re having a party,” I finally said after watching a beetle work its way back out of a hole. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Instead he tried to interest himself in a beetle crawling along the stone reindeer’s back, but the beetle just wasn’t interesting enough to block out Hagrid’s next words. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The air fairly hummed with their daybreak activity: beetles and birds and squirrels and ants, and countless other things unseen, all gentle and self-absorbed and not in the least alarming. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She tilted the book this way and that, watching the light play off the golden beetle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He snorted and dug his powerful claws into the rotten tree trunk, sending beetles and woodlice scurrying as he tore out a chunk of the spongy timber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The gold beetle embossed on the front glittered at her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Shoes piled up by the door like beetles. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Smeath is stuck to her back like an asparagus beetle, grinning like a maniac; both of them have shiny brown insect wings, done to scale and meticulously painted. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As the chemical penetrated the soil the poisoned beetle grubs crawled out on the surface of the ground, where they remained for some time before they died, attractive to insect-eating birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The cat ignored me and pounced on a sluggish beetle that lumbered under a leaf. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There are about ten adults milling around, and a half-dozen train riders left—me, a few sickly looking teenage boys, and some homely children—undernourished, walleyed, beetle browed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Let you think of beetles or honey, sweet baron, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest” “Nonsense,” exclaimed the Wart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If they lose it, or it is stolen by another beetle, they will have none. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Get up, then, girl. You do put me in mind of a dung beetle burrowing in that heap. Get up, Beetle, and I may yet find something for you to do.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just the time and distraction that worried him; although he was frugal, he doubted he would ever make enough money by collecting beetles and writing about coral. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Henri had said he wanted to put so many beetles in his window that ships could see his bedroom from miles away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Parasites and predators of the gypsy moth achieved good control, as did the Tiphia wasp against the Japanese beetle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When no animals are caught, we roam the fields for grasshoppers, beetles, and crickets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a rare farm in the Sheldon area that was blessed by the presence of a cat after the war on beetles was begun. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z ‘Worms or beetles or something slimy out of holes,’ thought Sam. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Sections of Michigan, Kentucky, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri are all experiencing a rain of chemicals in the name of beetle control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Those who want immediate results, at whatever cost, will doubtless continue to use chemicals against the beetle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The baboons devoured beetles, grubs, maggots, grasshoppers, mice, and even scorpions. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At that height, the cars were like little beetles crawling along the streets, and people walking on the pavements looked no larger than tiny grains of soot. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “In The Gold-Bug a beetle marks the spot where the treasure is hidden.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We find a beetle, many small yellow and white roots, a toad. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Doxy’s wings are thick, curved and shiny, much like a beetle’s. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His dæmon, a large and iridescent green-backed beetle, clicked her wing cases. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Hermione took the glass jar back from Ron and smiled at the beetle, which buzzed angrily against the glass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The forest rang in the sharp air with the sound of beetle and wedge. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if she could see the leaves unfurling gracefully from their jewel-like buds, the young beetles creeping purposefully forward on the earth. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And as the beetles thin out the weed, desirable range plants that have been crowded out are able to return. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The immense war helmet he wore had the plumes of a blackbird and the horns of a stag beetle adorning it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “So you figure this is a beetle, huh? If you say so, kid.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “It’s Scarabaeidae, probably Cotinus texana. The fig beetle. Quite unusual to find one in a drought. Take it in the net, gently now.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He had had so many in his life—beetles, barnacles, orchids, and now worms. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily and James tore at the grass and dug under the beetle until they could grasp it like a knob. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Unable to see what he was doing, Ron accidentally squashed his beetle with his elbow and had to ask for a new one. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He’s the only one of us who will offer a dead beetle up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The police went first and adhesive-taped the victim's mouth and bandaged him off into their glittering beetle cars, so when you arrived you found an empty house. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Digging and curious, crowing at the tiny scuttles and sand beetles living in the old shoes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He shot and cooked rabbits and birds, but he could also eat scorpions, snakes, cockroaches, worms, slugs, beetles, and crickets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Or a beetle, creeping into the clothes to tickle her, or a bird? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z From such a height they must look like black beetles crawling over a table. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Any other insects she found nearby, such as flies, wasps, or beetles, she also included as part of its plant-insect community. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some scholars had believed them to be a kind of picture code, rich in murky metaphor, mostly about eyeballs and wavy lines, beetles, bumblebees and birds—especially birds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And Harry, in spite of himself, took his eyes off the beetle and looked over the top of the reindeer’s antlers, listening. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Emily studied the book on her lap, as if the beetle on the cover might start talking and give them the answer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Not even a dung beetle would want to push that old ball of caca around, much less hold on to it. Mamá should have sold it a long time ago.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Ahead are beetling rocks and dark blue glancing Amphitrite, surging, roars around them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind, in this moment I see a dung beetle, working with all its small might. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a dead bug, a beetle, he said, even though it sort of looked like a cockroach. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He saw a lot of insects, spiders, and shiny, segmented beetles, going in and out of the twigs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The program was conducted by the Michigan Department of Agriculture with the cooperation of the United States Department of Agriculture; its announced purpose was control of the Japanese beetle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Mack walks over to the beetle and lifts his foot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He had a beetle in one hand, and when he found a second, he put it in his other hand. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A squadron of huge brown beetles hurled themselves against the light and then fell to the ground and moved their legs and felt around with their antennae. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s why I’m out here. Thought I might find some peacock snails or red leaf beetles. I’m running out of ideas.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I presented her with the two red leaf beetles I’d managed to find under a decaying log. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z For a number of years California rice growers have been treating seed with DDT as protection against tadpole shrimp and scavenger beetles which sometimes damage seedling rice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z For a long time, all I can do is take tiny sips from my bottle and watch a beetle crawl up the side of a honeysuckle bush. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He lost that one and dropped the third beetle, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had an uncanny knowledge of wildlife and was not afraid of dogs or cats or beetles or moths, or of foods like scrod or tripe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The beetles, at first unrecognized, were finally identified as a common inhabitant of the main islands of Japan. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I move through the house like an armored beetle, impervious to Mrs. Grote’s sharp tongue, Harold’s whining, the cries of Gerald Jr., who will never in his life satisfy his aching need to be held. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There was no scorpion in it, only a beetle stunned by the cold, but he gritted his teeth against an imagined sting and felt venom bloom power in his blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z From its original point of entrance the Japanese beetle has spread rather widely throughout many of the states east of the Mississippi, where conditions of temperature and rainfall are suitable for it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I saw a beetle wearing the face of a child, which I promptly squashed with the wheel of my tricycle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry looked up into the fierce, wild, shadowy face and saw that the beetle eyes were crinkled in a smile. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But now all I heard was a beetle buzzing past; up the hillside I saw a few fireflies blinking, the first I had seen this year. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I'm going to have to deduct the money for a glass beetle,” the burly redbeard announced as he let himself fall into his vast armchair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He wondered why the Grievers were just waiting—the beetle blades had obviously let them know the Gladers were coming. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The canvas is not especially large, but the beetle takes up the entire space. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Cars slumped along the mud and gravel roads at twenty or thirty miles an hour like sluggish beetles beneath the overhanging trees. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The wasp became widely established in this area and is generally credited by entomologists with an important role in bringing the beetle under control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But there are also stones down there, beetles and small roots, because this is the underside of the ground. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One day he was walking around Cambridge, foraging for beetles to study. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t give up, boy. Maybe your father is running late. Most omens are not as dramatic as a chicken, of course. I knew a fellow once who got a dung beetle—” “Thanks, Vitellius,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Lines, the color of weak tea, began to appear around the black beetle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “She seemed well enough. She did display some interest in the gossamer-winged butterflies. I wish she had shown more interest in the carrion beetle collection, though. They are, after all, exceptionally fine specimens.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “It’s a beetle! See that beetle over there by Ivan’s pool?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The sounds of shuffling feet echoed up the walls and the red lights of the beetle blades flashed more menacingly in the ivy—the Creators were certainly watching, listening. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z During the first dozen years after its entry into the United States, the beetle increased rapidly, free of the restraints that in its native land hold it in check. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I wondered how you’d get a beetle to stay on your dress. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z James tried to lift the beetle but couldn’t. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In particular, two species of beetles in southern France, pea-sized and of metallic color, have their whole beings so adapted to the presence of the weed that they feed and reproduce only upon it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Miles below me, the children playing on the beach were the size of beetles. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “What about beetles? Wood lice? Something like that?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Lines, the color of weak tea, began to appear around the black beetle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The boy looked at the sands around him, and saw that, where his tears had fallen, a scarab beetle was scuttling through the sand. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Florida knelt to examine a beetle scurrying along the bank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Yep, all of my cousins were squirming like beetles and butterflies with pins stuck in their hearts. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Acorn and Pipkin, boasting that they were the best insect-catchers in the warren, brought in great numbers of beetles and grasshoppers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The little girls took on that task, happy to find beetles and hoppers in the grass and bring them to Yellow-wing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The book was entirely too special-looking: a hardback bound in linen cloth the color of a pomegranate, a gold beetle embossed on the front with flecks that sparkled when you tilted the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The moon and the stars were beautiful, the brook, the shore, the forest and rock, the goat and the golden beetle, the flower and butterfly were beautiful. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look there, at that striped beetle. Blister beetle, that’s who! When we get to a pool I found, I’ll show you some diving beetles, too. You ever see a whirligig?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z With a click and then a clack, the beetle turned and scuttled off, disappearing into the ivy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I know a beetle when I see one.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He really could tell those stinking metal beetles apart from one another. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z On some of the shelves the books were propping up glass display cases of beetles pinned to cardboard, which only made Meggie dislike Elinor all the more. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Where I saw nothing but leaf mold and dried twigs, he saw camouflaged beetles, motionless lizards, invisible spiders. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Thomas stilled himself, held his breath, hoping that maybe the beetle only detected movement. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The bird could have reached South Georgia in a matter of hours, if it chose, while the men in the James Caird were crawling like a beetle over the surface of the ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling, “Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now...” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a parasite of the scale insect was imported from Australia, a small lady beetle called the vedalia. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Thomas had charged thirty or forty feet into the woods, dodging and ducking and losing ground with every second, when the beetle blade jumped onto a particularly large tree and scooted up its trunk. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z From the forest came the monotonous tick of a beetle. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I went back to the “toads, beetles, bats” until my sister knocked on the door. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Their spread was accomplished by collecting beetles from the original colonies and redistributing them at the rate of millions a year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She’d been murdered in an iridescent green gown jeweled with jade and beetle wings, and she’d looked enough like Sarai that the visions of her body were like seeing a prophecy of her own death. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Reynie added with a shudder, brushing away a beetle that had tried to skitter under his shirt collar. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of beetles laying eggs, spreading bacteria, and killing trees.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z A few iridescent blue beetles scuttled away, and the head of an emerald-green lizard emerged from a heap of tiny coins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Where this has been done, the beetle populations have been kept at relatively low levels, as many records attest. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was a bodice of pure molded gold, made to look like a beetle’s carapace, and a fan collar fashioned from the spines of poisonous fish, with tiny teeth sewn in patterns like seed pearls. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When ingested by a foraging beetle grub they multiply prodigiously in its blood, causing it to turn an abnormally white color, hence the popular name, “milky disease.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The eastern areas where this program was carried out now enjoy a high degree of natural protection from the beetle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In the United States as in Europe, many of Darwin’s most ardent backers were successful tradespeople whose hobby was butterfly or beetle collecting. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z You bet he will, as long as there’s any grub or warmth going, but surely we’re not going to have the warren overrun with mice and—and stag beetles, are we?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He made himself a beetle high in the rotten wood of the hollow tree and determined to stay there until he understood. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I look at the beetle, who’s being kind enough not to move, then back at my paper. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The giant was so big that by comparison Thor might have been a beetle or an ant. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Besides beetles and unripe berries, he’d been able to swipe only a few crayfish, which Gray had refused. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He thought he’d seen it before, back in the Glade when the beetle blade had scooted past him and into the woods. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The beetle’s an attractive bug, with a body like a glossy nut. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Great stretches of the long grass, once the teeming jungle of summer, were almost deserted, with only a hurrying beetle or a torpid spider left out of all the myriads of August. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Detroit experience has been repeated in many other communities as pressure has mounted to combat the Japanese beetle with chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It opened easily—but except for a family of dead beetles, it was empty. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It kept crackling and sparking at odd moments, and every time Ron tried to transfigure his beetle it engulfed him in thick gray smoke that smelled of rotten eggs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They feel hard, unwinking, like the shells of beetles: black, polished, inscrutable. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Audubon paints an active cuckoo pair within a community of other species, reaching to grasp a beetle on a magnolia bush in its native Louisiana. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Everywhere they came upon beetles, spiders and small lizards which scurried away as they pushed through the fibrous, resistant heather. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood shivering in the night, looking back out as the beetle ran by and skidded back to the centre of the avenue, whirling laughter in the air all about it, gone. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z While plowing our milpita I have often watched beetles in the fields. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Diligent harvesting will keep plants productive and allow the gardener to check the arrival of cucumber beetles and squash bugs before populations build. Perspective | Get the most out of your small garden with these dual-role vegetables 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z From the “Greek Wedgie” salad at Miss Ricky’s diner to the Funny Library’s picture books and retro games, to the trophy room featuring wire-beaded safari animals and gigantic fake beetles, Virgin plays tongue-in-cheek. Chicago has 3 new spaces for adults to release their inner children 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Close–up shots will find a deeper meaning in their bark and the creatures, such as beetles and woodpeckers that call them home or the fungi and lichen that cling to their trunks and branches. Capture the history of Britain's ancient trees 2011-08-01T06:00:01Z Adding catnip, marigold, nasturtium, or rosemary to your bean patch will deter flea and bean beetles. Everything you need to know about growing beans 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z So why were European ground beetles, Alpine cave beetles, and American cave fish all sightless? Secrets of Charles Darwin’s breakthrough: The real story of how we got to evolution 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z A tiny lady beetle rests on a hand. They make balloons into a full-blown art 2010-09-16T19:42:00Z Fall is the only time when I can plant arugula without it getting devoured by flea beetles. Help! What vegetables should I be planting right now? 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Pheiffer’s companions bounce his squatting body like a basketball, and all three dancers, lying on their backs like upended beetles, kick to get briefly airborne — a motion at once farcical, pathetic and heroic. Dance Review: Yvonne Meier’s ‘This Is Not a Pink Pony,’ at the Abrons Arts Center 2013-06-02T21:24:55Z But no need to worry: These beetles won’t get a taste for the wood furniture inside your home, which is “too dry” from them, according to the bureau. Fresh Christmas trees can be crawling with spiders, mites and other bugs: What you need to know 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Hops are unhappy in Washington, suffering from the heat, downy mildew and Japanese beetles, to name a few issues. Perspective | Vines are a romantic addition to the garden — until they go rogue 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z For most of that time, Ms. Hegde said, her sole job was to produce fruit-leather beetles, starting with a thick jam of black fruit and silicone stencils with insect parts carved out. Noma, Rated the World’s Best Restaurant, Is Closing Its Doors 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z And then everyone returns to their black hired cars and the beetling traffic on the Rue de Rivoli until the next flash of brilliance. On the Runway Blog: On and Off the Fashion Grid 2012-07-06T18:05:15Z Wispy sequined cocktail dresses with feather detailing were paired with knee-high boots in glossy beetle green, off-white or silver. Bottega Veneta gets a Milan reboot, DSquared2 spreads love 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z One way of dealing with this beetle is to go after its grub, which lives in the soil. Birds, chipmunks, snakes, insects: At some point, the gardener feels like an intruder 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z She lifted the lid of another beetle cage. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Hundreds of broken beetle wings were repaired by gluing green-dyed Japanese tissue paper on to the reverse, and stitching them back into place. Ellen Terry's beetlewing gown back in limelight after ?110,000 restoration 2011-03-11T18:32:01Z He figured that most scientists taking on Darpa's challenge would work with flies or moths, longtime laboratory superstars, but Maharbiz came to believe that beetles were a better bet. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z She added that the house had also suffered infestations from deathwatch beetles and moths over the years. Antiques: Antiques - Khadambi Asalache’s London House Restored 2012-05-31T21:21:28Z It’s still an instrument of smoothness and transparency, but with a hint of brittle texture within: a beetle trapped in amber, basically. Music Review: Seal and Macy Gray at the Beacon Theater 2012-07-20T21:43:04Z It resembles a painter’s palette and an entomologist’s beetle collection. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z In “Still Life Series: Lime,” a green beetle is wrapped inside the fruit’s coiled peel. Galleries: ‘Alive and Present, ‘Enduring’ A monstrous dead beetle floats down a trickle of dirty water that resembles the Amazon. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The chance to fish with Cantaria beetles itself draws many anglers to Chile. Angling for a Whopper in the Fly-Fishing Paradise of Patagonia 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z There are looks at pine beetles, sea turtles, Hurricane Sandy. TV Picks: Musical 'Elf,' 'MasterChef Junior,' ecology for kids 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z "Colored Vessel Display" is even more fun: a riot of blues, greens, oranges, yellows and purples, embellished with details that suggest everything from polka dots to beetle horns. Urns, ferns and cabinets full of wonders ? Dante Marioni makes marvels out of glass 2010-08-12T20:28:00Z One type of beetle, if denied food, actually ages backward, devolving from advanced to simpler stages and shrinking in size. Catch a Buzz With Two New Books About Bugs 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Some are considered pests by humans — Japanese beetle grubs, termites and weevils, for example — but others are beloved or at least beguiling and include the larvae of lightning bugs and cicadas. The zoo beneath our feet: We’re only beginning to understand soil’s hidden world 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Another interesting bean BFF is potato, which keeps Mexican bean beetles away. Everything you need to know about growing beans 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Seattle did not evolve from “some city they still think rhymes with beetle” into a red-hot center of progress and opportunity without an element of sub rosa corruption. Books of The Times: ?Truth Like the Sun,? by Jim Lynch 2012-04-08T22:00:45Z Where else in Manhattan can you encounter a Hercules beetle or poison dart frogs? Discovering the Secrets of the Gilder Center 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Commonly found in Asia, this species of beetle made it into North America when the Bering Land Bridge was in place and sea levels were low. Colorful beetle find earns boy ‘collector’ title 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Like a fanciful apothecary, Ironwood sells a beautifully designed collection of plants in unusual vessels, ornate minerals, taxidermy butterflies, scorpions and beetles, masks and contemporary Southwestern-inspired jewelry. What to Do in Denver 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Insects — silverfish, beetles and even termites — are most likely to chew into books that are warm, dark, damp and dirty. How to: care for your valued books The most heroic are the male ball-rolling beetles that carve perfect spheres out of dung, at least twice their size and weight, roll them some distance away and bury them in pre-excavated nests. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z And there’s also the serial killer, a masked menace who is equally interested in beetles, severed body parts and pools of blood. Movie Review: ‘The Collection,’ Torture From Marcus Dunstan 2012-11-30T03:14:37Z The yardlong or asparagus bean is a good candidate, but the year I tried it, it was a magnet for the Mexican bean beetle. This winter, focus on the growing season ahead 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z During its peak it emits an odor of rotting flesh to attract carrion beetles and flesh flies that help its pollination process. Giant ‘corpse flower’ draws crowds in Southern California 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Lyctid beetles lay eggs that develop into larvae only in bare hardwood that has been harvested and cut into lumber fairly recently. What to do about powder post beetles in furniture 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z I hope not: that would be a betrayal to a show that is at its best when it is senselessly smashing beetles. Game of Thrones has lost its evil streak – and it's a crying shame 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z With his shaven head, beetle brows and cigarette permanently on the go, he’s like a villain from a 1950s Tintin book. Gaspar Noé: 'Six people walked out of Climax? No! I usually have 25%' 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z In the icy air, the beetle's body temperature dropped, anaesthetising the insect. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z When flea beetles — known to Jefferson as turnip flies — hit the eggplant seedlings this spring, gardeners sprayed them with insecticidal soap. In the Garden: Jefferson?s Vegetable Garden Still Grows at Monticello 2010-07-01T13:37:00Z What about this one, the headlamp beetle, that has two green lights? TV review: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World; Come Dine With Me 2012-07-29T21:05:01Z “I’m sorry,” Jay, a beetle, replies, “but those days are gone, and now I’ve changed my mind.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Koko — The Gorilla Who Talks’ and ‘Beat Bugs’ 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Industrious dung beetles were scooting their prizes up a hill, only to tumble back down and patiently begin again. Texas’ best-kept secret? A 120-mile-long canyon that’s grand in its own right. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z When they sent a series of rapid electrical signals to the region, the beetle started flapping its wings and readied itself for takeoff. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Apparently we have some sort of powderpost beetle in at least two of the shelves. What to do about powder post beetles in furniture 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Woll considers another of his grouping — nine blown-glass beetles, each more than a foot long, each unique — as an observation of changing times. Review: Artists pack a range of emotion in 'My Summer Vacation' at Winston W?chter in Seattle 2010-08-05T20:36:00Z Taking cues from the artist Mike Libby, who is best known for making bugs and beetles from old watch parts, Wu created an insect-inspired palette rich in tropical greens and corals. | Jason Wu 2012-06-11T21:54:07Z Ripperger is trying to understand how mouse-eared bats listen for their favorite meal, ground beetles, as they “rustle as they walk over dry leaves.” Tiny backpacks show scientists the amazing lives of bats 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Unlighted, these creatures — which are really beetles, not flies — would scarcely stir compassionate human interest. Exhibition Review: ?Creatures of Light? at American Museum of Natural History 2012-03-29T21:26:33Z Flowering examples of germander speedwell, daffodil and chicory cast shadows and consort with the odd caterpillar or beetle, surrounded by borders of more schematic leaf motifs that nonetheless have space for some quite real-looking birds. Religious Miniature and Nature Drawings at the Morgan 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z These forests needed to burn, devastated as they are by the pine beetle. When the fires came for us 2012-07-26T00:00:00Z One of the most worrisome insects these days is the khapra beetle, which burrows into rice and other dried goods, such as peas and lentils, from India, Egypt and Morocco, among other destinations. Carrying a real apple or a fake Gucci? Tell a Customs and Border Protection officer anyway. 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z People who string words together for a living—generally a difficult, obsessive, detail-niggling tribe—tend to take inordinate delight in new slang, much in the way that people who study beetles love new bugs. An Epic Takedown 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s distinctly anthropomorphic insect activity, especially where beetles are concerned. August brings extravagance at Seattle art galleries 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The corn rootworm, the Colorado potato beetle and soybean aphids all thrive best on the crops that give them their names. Was a USDA scientist muzzled because of his bee research? 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The mummified beetles were among artifacts found in seven tombs discovered over the past six months on the edge of the King Userkaf pyramid complex at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, south of Cairo. Ancient Egyptian tombs yield rare find of mummified scarab beetles 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z He figured that most scientists taking on DARPA’s challenge would work with flies or moths, longtime laboratory superstars, but Maharbiz came to believe that beetles were a better bet. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Pollinating insects, such as bees, beetles, flies, butterflies and wasps visit flowers to collect pollen and nectar as a source of food. Bees and hoverflies are key to growing more fruit and veg in cities 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The horsehair padding used in Ross’s day would have attracted pests, including carpet beetles. Museums Are Trying New Things in the Bedroom 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Forest Service; sparks from electrical lines, power tools, automobiles and even arson; and a profusion of native bark beetles feeding on drought- and fire-stressed trees. Heat, Water, Fire: How Climate Change Is Transforming the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The tree, located near the Griffith Observatory, grew to be at least 10 feet tall before beetles overran it. Help! George Harrison memorial tree killed by beetles 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Squirrel cheeked and beetle browed, with rounded shoulders and a scratchy voice, he is a virtuoso of exasperation, a maestro of disappointment, an intrepid navigator through squalls of frustration and failure. | 'Win Win': Riding the Wave of Life?s Indignities 2011-03-17T23:03:24Z It’s worth finding out more about what they do, especially if, for you, beetles are guilty until proven innocent. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z A pine tree planted in 2004 in memory of former Beatle George Harrison in a Los Angeles park has died after being infested by beetles. Harrison tree killed by beetles 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z The workers brought boxes of photographs, newspapers and eclectic souvenirs like giant Rhinoceros beetles encased in resin and a railroad spike - all pieces of history from the canal era. At 100 years, Panama Canal Zone history celebrated in Florida 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z From time to time, a flesh-eating beetle does escape, and tourists are rarely eaten. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z An entomologist named Sarah Beynon attaches transmitters to beetles using eyelash glue, hoping to track their movements and role in making the carcass disappear. Review: ‘Eating Giants: Hippo,’ on Animal Planet 2012-09-14T14:37:18Z They are sought by cabbage worms, flea beetles and hungry humans in search of nutritious greens. Brassicas: Broccoli’s big, flowering family of nutritious greens 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z This proved a seemingly perfect way of targeting the aphids, flea beetles, weevils, worms or whatever pest was sucking the sap or munching on the leaves. A common pesticide may be a menace to pollinators. Know how to protect them. 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z This is the time of year when some gardeners are badly afflicted by Japanese beetles, which are iridescent purple and green insects, airborne and highly gregarious. Birds, chipmunks, snakes, insects: At some point, the gardener feels like an intruder 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z His office gives his roots away: It looks more like an Aladdin’s cave of art and tchotchkes, from Warhols to Tiffany lamps, Batman shoes and iridescent beetles, than the base of a corporate mogul. At Nike, Extending the Track to the Runway 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z He was a fossil beetle scientist and he said to her, "You should consider geology," and encouraged her to start working in the field. "Picture a Scientist" examines the hostile, sexist STEM environments that drive women to leave 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z This tapestry, produced by Lurçat in collaboration with the Tabard brothers, features a menagerie of highly stylized creatures, from a rooster to a hare to an elephant beetle. A Jean Lurçat Tapestry Is on the Block 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z “That’s fine for the pigs,” he went on, “but for the pasture, nothing beats dung beetles. They will clean up a pasture even better than pigs will.” The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The Comme le Métal designs evoke the metallic sheen of a beetle. Paola Navone and Rubelli Collaborate on a Playful Series of Textiles 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Researchers at the University of East Anglia used fifty generations of beetles to examine how sexual selection prevents a species from extinction, and believe that more options increase survival rates. The science of “Steggy”: ’Shipping TV characters scratches these two biological itches 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Because I knew that if I didn’t, I would be crushed like a beetle. Tightrope-walking and “gender judo”: What women have to do to get ahead 2014-03-20T22:59:00Z The gardeners here fret that insect pest populations such as cucumber beetles and harlequin bugs will be back with a vengeance in the next growing season. George Washington would recognize today’s Mount Vernon garden, but not the weather 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z In the icy air, the beetle’s body temperature dropped, immobilizing and anesthetizing the insect. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z I want to brace but am thrown on my back like a beetle. A masterclass in Mexican food culture from the country's leading chef 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z In 2003, the Belgian royal family invited him to redecorate the ceiling of the main hall of their palace, which he did with the shells of almost a million beetles. Jan Fabre Is Renowned for Pushing Boundaries. Did He Go Too Far With His Dancers? 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z He likens one young women’s sentences, in her fiction, to “beetles at the bottom of a bucket.” Review: Knausgaard Becomes a Writer in a Sick, Crooked World 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z They bashed the bark with stones to release sap, and that attracted beetles whose larvae were edible. What Dominica is: Beautiful, natural. What it’s not: Cluttered with resorts. 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z This is to allow visitors to catch a whiff of the beast, which waits until dark to emit its stench as a way of luring pollinating carrion beetles. Corpse flowers are invading the East Coast: Here’s how to see (and smell) one 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z They poked a needle through the beetle’s exoskeleton, making small holes directly over the brain and the base of the optic lobes, and threaded a thin steel wire into each hole. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Whether it's the Mexican bean beetle, the Japanese beetle, or the bean leaf beetle, your plant's biggest nemesis will likely be . . . the beetle. Everything you need to know about growing beans 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Similarly, leaving a little pile of chopped wood will attract stag beetles and solitary bees. More birds and bees, please! 12 easy, expert ways to rewild your garden 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Dung beetles are found in a number of insect families and have diverse habits. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z What may be amazing to those who know him only in the context of dung beetles was that Nichols was also a successful author of children’s books and detective stories. | Beverley Nichols 2011-01-12T14:00:17Z On a shelf in the beetle room, an African wild dog sat decapitated, chopped to bits: it would become bone in five days. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z And Lord of Misrule is the name of “a shiny black beetle of a horse” who arrives in this book’s last lap, just in time to serve as deus ex machina for a dramatic finale. Books of The Times: Some Time at the Races, With Luck and Change 2010-12-01T22:57:00Z And then there are the essential flavorings: shrimp paste, and what Mr. Templer describes as “the tiniest drop of musk produced by a male belostomatid insect, a large and rather fearsome beetle.” In Vietnam, Street Food Moves From Sidewalk to Storefront 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z “One day, me and my mom were doing yard work and we saw this beetle on the ground,” he said. Colorful beetle find earns boy ‘collector’ title 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z For a newspaper editor heading into the new news century, deathwatch beetles were everywhere, but so was possibility. A Revolution for Journalism — or a Death Knell? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z More than 100,000 beetle specimens, one video tells us, are lent every year to other institutions for study. Darwin Center at the Natural History of Museum: London Museum Boldly Spreads Its Wings 2010-04-07T22:49:00Z The shortening days also mark the return of arugula, quick to germinate in the warm soil and far happier than in spring when the flea beetle does its shothole work. D.C. summers can be a slog. The gardener’s antidote? A little fall planning. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Damon’s patience and quiet observation skills recently rewarded him with sightings of turtles, water beetles, tadpoles, a beaver lodge and an osprey. As Junior Rangers, kids can help protect our national parks 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z You don’t see the levels of flea beetle on the arugula or harlequin bugs or white fly on the kale that you would earlier in the year. In Washington, the joy of fall gardening is a reward for suffering through summer 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Their home, a place of "peeling plaster, rotten window frames and cracked panes", crawled with flies, cockroaches and beetles. This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood by Alan Johnson – review 2013-05-02T13:00:01Z This is precisely what happened with the elm, ruined by the beetle that brought Dutch elm disease. D.C. has become a leader in a movement to plant more diverse city trees 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z An antiques dealer in nearby Tenterden donated a box of jewel beetle wings – which the beetles shed naturally. Ellen Terry's beetlewing gown back in limelight after ?110,000 restoration 2011-03-11T18:32:01Z This "backpack" included all the equipment Maharbiz needed to wirelessly send signals to the beetle's brain: a miniature radio receiver, a custom-built circuit board and a battery. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z Mr. Rona’s first attempt at creating a sculpture for the competition to win the right to design the memorial was, naturally, a beetle. On the Trail of Kafka in Prague 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Note when pests and diseases pop up, such as the Colorado potato beetle. The essential gardening step you’re probably skipping 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The black oil beetle is named after the toxic liquid it secretes if grabbed by a predator, which may explain why this female felt unperturbed in the open. Veolia Environnement wildlife photographer of the year 2010 2010-08-19T06:02:00Z “Future: News,” for instance, includes a segment accusing the 2137 media of fear mongering about mutant beetle attacks, a not-so-thinly veiled criticism of the cable coverage of crimes and missing persons. Onion News Network?s ?Future: News From the Year 2137? 2010-07-05T21:11:00Z The destructive beetle is the dark metaphor conjured by Rusbridger, the former editor of the British daily The Guardian, to describe the impact of Craigslist on the newspaper industry. A Revolution for Journalism — or a Death Knell? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z He sent along a photograph of the beetle, which is a Beringian species. Colorful beetle find earns boy ‘collector’ title 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Later, when Goldman was offered the job she has — her official title is assistant collections manager, not "chipmunk disposer" — she was asked if she would be comfortable inside the flesh-eating beetle room. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z And there, as I stood among the photo-snapping tourists, I saw on the sidewalk around the base the outline of a beetle. On the Trail of Kafka in Prague 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z In turn, the bean plants protect potato buds from the Colorado potato beetle. Everything you need to know about growing beans 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z And an installation — “Theater of the World,” a central work of the show — features hundreds of live crickets, lizards, beetles, snakes, and other insects and reptiles under an overhead lamp. Artists Blast Guggenheim for Pulling Works Involving Animals 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z He fed and injected them with chemicals similar to the ones the beetles use to protect themselves. Scientists solve mystery of bombardier beetles’ hot, toxic spray 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z There are no signs that the beetle will stop spreading anytime soon, with states in the Northwest on guard. Loggers cut down ash trees in a race with a killer beetle 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The forest is home to a species of beetle, the Hazel Pot, found nowhere else in the country, and Cook envisages them being trampled to death by hordes of tourists come the summer. Looking for Robin 2010-04-14T07:00:00Z Here was something new and unusual for American audiences, invariably described as a “dung beetle” game or a “snowball simulator.” He Created the Katamari Games, but They’re Rolling On Without Him 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z He also controls predation from the plum curculio, a snout beetle that’s a major pest of many fruits, not just plums. ‘It’s like eating sunshine’: Going plum crazy for a Japanese tree’s juicy fruit 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Sorry, that's a lie: The beetles have not eaten Anna Goldman. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z For the second time in two days, I thank God the vivid red Italian aperitif is no longer coloured with beetle extract. Felicity Cloake: my week as a vegan 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z I spent hours walking alone, except for the birds, beetles, wildflowers and pines. A Portugal of Pristine Beaches, Tiny Villages and Little Else 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z And because the flea beetles do, too, your arugula will thank you as well. How we control a pest in our garden without the use of pesticides 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Burying beetle parents force their children to grow up inside abandoned mouse carcasses. Forget The Dolphin Way – bring up your children the Earthworm Way 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Crystal vases, brooches, books: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II received dozens of traditional gifts last year, but she also got some unusual items, from a chocolate Windsor Castle to some enameled beetles. Chocolate castle, beetles among gifts to UK queen 2014-01-16T00:43:47Z When “The Andromeda Evolution” opens, a drone spots a metallic-looking shape growing up out of the Amazon jungle, “the whole of it gleaming like a beetle’s waxy shell in the rising midday sun.” Review | Michael Crichton’s classic thriller ‘The Andromeda Strain’ gets a deadly sequel 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Many of the filmmaker’s beetles and birds are self-serving to a fault, abandoning their young, leaving them to others’ care or ingesting them to recover their strength after giving birth. On the Runway Blog: From Isabella Rossellini, Creature Moms 2013-05-12T12:00:38Z Another wall in one of the antechambers features an elaborate inlaid design created from metallic blue beetle shells and butterfly feathers. Theater Review: Twisting, Touching and Teasing in ‘Queen of the Night’ 2014-02-03T03:00:01Z His toes danced as the beetles worked into every crevice. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The loose ends of all these wires snaked out of their respective holes and plugged into a package of electronics mounted with beeswax on the beetle's back. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z Lewis, a professor at Tufts University, has also added to our understanding, discovering that the beetle uses one gas, nitric oxide, to control another, oxygen, to switch the beacons on and off. Humans love fireflies, but we haven’t made life easy for them 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Rotating crops will help avoid overwintering insects in the soil, such as potato beetles and carrot maggots. The food industry isn’t going to ditch pesticides any time soon, but you can in your own garden 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The next thing I saw was a gaping mouth break the surface, then snap shut on a Cantaria beetle. Angling for a Whopper in the Fly-Fishing Paradise of Patagonia 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z When they were mounted on the beetle’s thorax, these generators transformed the insect’s wing vibrations into electrical energy. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Endangered turtledoves have appeared, as have rare bats and owls, beetles and moths. Returned to the wild: A 3,500-acre estate outside London is ruled by nature 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Of these, some 400,000 are beetles – beetles in a wide array of shapes and sizes certainly, but still just beetles. Questions about Noah's Ark that may bug creationists 2011-01-18T14:15:10Z Native dung-eating beetles were present, but they were suited to cleaning up after marsupials such as kangaroos, not ungulates such as cows. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Ms. Hegde repeated the process until she had 120 perfect specimens; each diner was served a single beetle in a wooden box. Noma, Rated the World’s Best Restaurant, Is Closing Its Doors 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z “No pursuit at Cambridge,” he recollected, “gave me so much pleasure as collecting beetles.” Secrets of Charles Darwin’s breakthrough: The real story of how we got to evolution 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Her recent favorites include Peridot, a color she described as “beetle green,” and Black Pearl, an iridescent black. Skin Deep: Makeup Brands Create Demand With Limited Editions Like RiRi 2013-12-19T01:28:17Z Within 10 minutes, No Data was an undulating dark mound of bugs and beetle larva. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The flower beetle’s transformation began with a quick trip to the freezer. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Sebastián and Miranda are killing time, but so softly that watching a beetle transport a bottle top over a tile floor feels as riveting as any car chase. ‘The Empty Hours,’ Directed by Aarón Fernández 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The FDA actually permits a certain amount of beetle eggs in asparagus, maggots in maraschino cherries, and insect heads in figs. Perspective | Does this rare coffee taste like poop to you? 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Hybrid vigor can fortify a voluptuous rose’s seventy small petals against beetles and disease, just as it can fortify and strengthen a man or a woman against the effects of an incurable virus. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XIII 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z I am sure the bean beetle will move in, but I’ll be vigilant. This winter, focus on the growing season ahead 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z You’ll find dung beetles on most lists of the top helpful creatures in the garden, along with bees, earthworms, predatory wasps and mosquito-eating bats. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The viburnum leaf beetle and emerald ash borer have threatened other damage. Critic?s Notebook: Where the Lenape Trod 2011-11-03T22:02:38Z This “backpack” included all the equipment Maharbiz needed to wirelessly send signals to the beetle’s brain: a miniature radio receiver, a custom-built circuit board, and a battery. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Sikes said he was excited to collect this beetle, because it adds to the overall knowledge of the insect and its habitat. Colorful beetle find earns boy ‘collector’ title 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Within days of starting, she was having dreams about dermestid scavenger beetles. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The culprit is the emerald ash borer, a beetle that is just half an inch long but eye-catching in its iridescent green panoply. How an uninvited pest doomed the ash tree 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The downside: scientists didn't know much about the specific nerve pathways and brain circuits involved in beetle flight. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z A “schoolroom menagerie,” reimagined from the Potter family’s London home, reflects how Potter’s interest in scientific observation developed by collecting and studying butterflies, beetles, bird eggs, plants, shells, rocks and fossils. She’s More Than the Creator of Peter Rabbit 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The Swedish National Museum presented an exhibition of his childhood insect collection, and a Swedish scientist who discovered a new species of beetle named it for him. Tomas Transtromer, Crystalline Swedish Poet, Dies at 83 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z But Maharbiz bristles at the most sinister suggestions, at the media coverage that suggests his beetles are the product of, as he puts it, “some evil government conspiracy.” Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z According to the Web sites I’ve visited, Carol’s diet consists mainly of beetles and worms. Untamed 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z The effect was so dramatic that a beetle in mid-flight would simply fall out of the air. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Each country’s workshops developed their own favorite ingredients for lacquer, like tofu, cow bile, crushed beetles, mangrove bark, fish scales and poppy seeds. Magnificent Obsessions: Pursuits of a Lifetime 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z It is a great draw for pollinating carrion beetles and flies. Rare trio of stinky corpse flowers to bloom at Washington garden 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But as the moment of capture arrives, Colonel Powell’s plans abruptly change when a cyborg beetle, a small whirring surveillance device, reveals two inhabitants strapping on explosives for a suicide mission. Review: ‘Eye in the Sky,’ Drone Precision vs. Human Failings 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z There is a federal quarantine restricting the importation of rice into the U.S,. from countries with known infestations of the beetle, and that quarantine led to the search that found the beetle here. 'Most feared' pest found at O'Hare 2011-08-23T18:36:00Z Stimulating it would cause the beetle’s right wing to start beating with more power, making the insect veer left. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Through trial and error, the scientists homed in on a promising region of the beetle brain nestled at the base of the optic lobes. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z In a series of essays, Kelleher investigates the darker sides to our adornments: the crushed-up beetles in our lipstick, the cow bones in our dishware. 11 New Books Coming in April 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z "Inordinately fond of beetles" just about covers it. Questions about Noah's Ark that may bug creationists 2011-01-18T14:15:10Z Ms. McGrath had created two options for what would eventually become the runway beauty look, a shimmering green swath of eye shadow inspired by the iridescence of a beetle’s wing. Bill Gaytten, Out From the Shadows Cast by John Galliano 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Some lizards look like leaves and some like tree trunks and some like thorns and some like beetles. Things That Are by Amy Leach – review 2013-06-07T08:00:15Z Branches bend, vines loop, leaves twist, and a few surprising bugs, from butterflies to beetles, drop in to colonize her plants. | Carmen Almon, The Naturalist 2013-08-21T19:11:13Z And by keeping the floor framing drier, it also may help preserve your house, because pests such as some kinds of powderpost beetles are more likely to infest moist wood. Musty smell in a rowhouse? Yes, it’s coming from the crawl space. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z "Out here people are like beetles under stones: they live under other people." Olly's Prison 2010-09-19T21:30:00Z Jessica Ware, an associate curator for the American Museum of Natural History, waxes rhapsodic about beetles. Dragonflies, Beetles, Cicadas — What’s Not to Love? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z With live-edge wood, you might also see pinholes made by other kinds of insects, such as shothole borers or bark beetles, Potter said. What to do about powder post beetles in furniture 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Attygalle analyzed the beetles’ spray using a piece of equipment called a mass spectrometer. Scientists solve mystery of bombardier beetles’ hot, toxic spray 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z "We have a researcher who preserves specimens in hooch," Goldman said, "and the beetles love it." Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z She explained that the reason their magnolia tree was pollinated by beetles was that a hundred million years ago, when the magnolia appeared along with the first flowering plants, bees did not yet exist. A Last Glimpse Into the Mind of Oliver Sacks 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The beetle problem concerns pines planted on around 680,000 hectares of land since the 1950s at lower altitudes than they grow naturally to help fight soil erosion. Bulgaria's pine forests threatened by bark beetle 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “The next thing, I look over, and Terry is filming a beetle.” Terrence Malick makes rare public appearance for new film Song to Song 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “Nature does iridescence better than any of us humans,” said the jewelry designer Ranjana Khan, who based her fall collection on the iridescent colors of beetle wings. Fine Points: Iridescent and Holographic Looks for Summer 2013-06-26T19:15:37Z It is a great draw for pollinating carrion beetles and flies. Rare trio of stinky corpse flowers to bloom at Washington garden 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Yes, the George Harrison Tree was killed by beetles. George Harrison Memorial Tree killed ... by beetles; replanting due 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Legions of professional entomologists fret about sawflies, ambrosia beetles, scale insects and leafhoppers. Learning to live with — even enjoy — insects in the garden 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The paintings also reveal what some moths share with certain grasshoppers and beetles, that the plain forewings conceal hindwings of extraordinary ornament. The underrated beauty of moths 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Somewhere along the way, we pretended to be monsters who eat strawberry-banana-slug popsicles and mossy beetle sandwiches. The U.S. Issue: Personal Journeys: Hiking With a Child (and Tricks) in Tow 2011-05-13T20:13:21Z Because, as any flesh-eating beetle would remind you: Gotta stay hydrated. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z They are biodiversity deserts, barren of beetle and bee, contributing to a vanishing insect population – and worse still, we pursue this. Why you should turn your lawn into a meadow 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z As Goldman lifted the lid of a cage and sifted around the white ribs and skull of a raven, she considered how many beetles were in this room. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z They made another set of holes over the basalar muscles, which modulate wing thrust and are located on either side of the beetle’s body. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z On Life I've pretended to be everything from an exploding beetle to a baby elephant. TV's unsung heroes 2010-10-01T23:03:00Z Stimulating it would cause the beetle's right wing to start beating with more power, making the insect veer left. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z Thus “1,400 Ash Tree Seeds” isn’t just a memorial to the tree, devastated in North America by an invasive Asian beetle. Review | In the galleries: ‘Archiving Eden’ exhibition sprouts interest with macro photos 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Is it dark and crumbly, is there an earthworm or beetle in there, is it moist, and when you smell it, are you getting that pleasant earthy aroma? The zoo beneath our feet: We’re only beginning to understand soil’s hidden world 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z And dung beetles are happy to process dung. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Climate change, hungry beetles and disease are threatening the survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key source of food for grizzly bears and found across the Western United States, federal officials said Tuesday. Threatened pine tree to get Endangered Species Act protections 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The younger brother remembers their idiot cousin Orson, who was fascinated with crushing beetles. RECAP: Game of Thrones Watch: Hulk Smash! 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z There are no woodchucks or deer, no Japanese beetles. Urban Gardening on the Third Floor 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The southern pine beetle that once made its home closer to the equator is now boring through trees on Long Island. ‘Everything is not going to be okay’: How to live with constant reminders that the Earth is in trouble 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z In principle, the Backyard Brains RoboRoach is nearly indistinguishable from the beetles Maharbiz is making in a university lab — and that is precisely what is so remarkable about it. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z When the eggs hatch, the babies feed off the dung and become beetles. Meet the artist who invented the Grateful Dead’s skull and roses logo 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Anna Goldman is 31, has bright blue eyes and a riot of blond, "Annie"-esque curls that people tend to assume are crawling with flesh-eating beetles. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Council officer Tom LaBonge told the LA Times the memorial had grown to more than 10 feet tall in 2013, but the tree beetle attack had overwhelmed it. Harrison tree killed by beetles 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z So African cow-pie-loving beetles were brought in to do the job. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The Chicago Tree Project is transforming trees afflicted with emerald ash borer beetles and other insects and diseases. Artists transforming dead, dying trees in Chicago 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z An arsenical paint pigment called Paris green was first used against Colorado potato beetles in 1867. Arsenic: It’s what’s for dinner 2012-10-08T13:52:00Z Disabled termites and dying beetles were the thing. Dance Review: Peggy Baker at 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival 2012-02-26T21:22:16Z At one point, I spotted a fat, several-inch-long black beetle that sent me running. Instead of flying to this Peruvian city, she took a slow cruise down the Amazon — on a cargo ship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z After 20 minutes of sweaty beetle bacchanal the knot grew less frantic. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z And for the record, many of the beetles, once gorged, would simply die inside of Goldman's skeleton; these beetles grow to adulthood and drop dead within three months. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Blister rust, an introduced fungal disease, is laying waste to increasingly rare whitebark pines; the invasive banded elm bark beetle is felling elms already weakened by drought or Dutch elm disease. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z Speaking of beetles, why not try a few companion plants that will help keep those pests away? Everything you need to know about growing beans 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Maharbiz bristles at the most sinister suggestions, at the media coverage that suggests his beetles are the product of, as he puts it, "some evil government conspiracy". The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z I never thought much of ladybugs except that they were cute little beetles. Mine: The ladybug box 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z But bombardier beetles are the only ones that “heat it up and spray it,” Attygalle says. Scientists solve mystery of bombardier beetles’ hot, toxic spray 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z In the course of their journey, they meet a blues-singing slow worm, Adam, and his travelling ants; a benevolent beetle sitting atop a pile of industrial detritus; and a wasp. The Fabulous Flutterbys 2010-05-16T21:05:00Z Among those making an appearance: the Monarch butterfly, the nine-spotted ladybug, the Puritan tiger beetle, the Hawaiian hammer-headed fruit fly, the Mt. Can Art Help Save the Insect World? 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z And over in the plant kingdom, the infamous corpse flower blooms with a mighty stench to mimic rotting meat — a beacon of hope to nearby beetles in search of dinner. What’s that smell? For some animals, their stink helps keep them alive. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Other beetles, spiders and some millipedes do, too. Scientists solve mystery of bombardier beetles’ hot, toxic spray 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The color in the beetle wing is absolutely stunning. Fine Points: Iridescent and Holographic Looks for Summer 2013-06-26T19:15:37Z But he is also alive with the frank reality of being a child: “I find some bugs and beetles, but even better I find some wriggling worms.” Helping Children Understand Death 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z People who handle rare books for a living are used to doing battle with a range of dastardly scourges, including red rot, beetles and thieves. For Rare Book Librarians, It’s Gloves Off. Seriously. 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z That hasn’t stopped readers from conjuring up images of the protagonist as a beetle or cockroach. On the Trail of Kafka in Prague 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z “There are few things as wonderful as a child’s face the first time they watch a dung beetle at work or put their small hands in the tracks where a lion recently passed,” he said. In Kenya, a Safari Program for Kids 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Loggers in snowy forests are cutting down ash trees like there’s no tomorrow, seeking to stay one step ahead of a fast-spreading beetle killing trees in dozens of states. Loggers cut down ash trees in a race with a killer beetle 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z I peeked under pieces of wood, clumps of seaweed and other detritus with the remote hope of seeing a tiger beetle, but no luck — the inch-long predators wouldn’t emerge until June. This secluded state park on the Chesapeake Bay offers an alternative to summer’s crowds 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Which is where the flesh-eating beetles come in. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z For some, such as dung beetles, it’s instinctive. Ever wondered about why some kids are picky eaters? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z This gives the series its framing device, with Turbo facing off against a menacing beetle in the first of five episodes being posted on Tuesday. Television Review: ‘Turbo FAST’ Arrives on Netflix 2013-12-23T22:13:36Z A deathwatch beetle is an insidious insect, eating away at furniture or homes, capable of destroying them if left undetected. A Revolution for Journalism — or a Death Knell? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Before descending the last dune to the beach, I stopped to read a sign about the northeastern beach tiger beetle, the preserve’s star resident. Virginia’s Eastern Shore: A natural fit for summer The most telling moment in Game of Thrones doesn’t concern a battle but a beetle. Game of Thrones has lost its evil streak – and it's a crying shame 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z She has a tattoo of a praying mantis on her left shoulder, a South African ground beetle on her left biceps and, below her left shoulder, her first tattoo, a mosquito. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Think of the Dutch elm disease, caused by a fungus spread by beetles, or the xylella bacteria using carrier insects to afflict vineyards, citrus orchards and, in Italy, ancient olive groves. Spring is here. Mother Nature doesn’t care about a pandemic. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The George Harrison memorial tree was killed ... by beetles! Friday Coda: Africa mix, Crue, FlyLo, grumpy Jack White and more 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z After the apocalypse, when the rest of us are ashes, Rivers will crawl into an empty concrete culvert somewhere and find an audience of beetles and cockroaches. Joan Rivers gets her (scary) close-up 2010-06-10T00:20:00Z Lady beetles are happy to gobble up the aphids on your plants. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z After a few seconds, beetles were massing on the chipmunk's tail. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The flower beetle's transformation began with a quick trip to the freezer. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z Mr. Wilkinson apparently kept acquiring without noticing that carpet beetles were eating away at his collection — and they were no vegetarians, to put it mildly. Antiques: A Wright House in Illinois Prepares to Go Public 2010-07-01T21:42:00Z Presumably, this means they believe otters should be allowed to drive and beetles given the vote. Jurassic World and Ted 2: an evolutionary leap for animal rights? 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z You’ll probably never see the adult beetles because they shun light. What to do about powder post beetles in furniture 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Butterflies appear, followed by birds, beetles and luscious red flowers. Things That Are: Encounters with Plants, Stars and Animals by Amy Leach – review 2013-06-09T09:00:01Z In principle, the Backyard Brains RoboRoach is nearly indistinguishable from the beetles Maharbiz is making in a university lab – and that is precisely what is so remarkable about it. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z The park is also home to the northeastern beach tiger beetle, a state-listed endangered insect found only in a few isolated spots of the bay — including the beaches of Janes Island. This secluded state park on the Chesapeake Bay offers an alternative to summer’s crowds 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Until recently the presence of aquatic beetles in subterranean aquifers was believed to be a relatively rare phenomenon with a few species from New Zealand, Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. New to Nature No 36: Ereboporus naturaconservatus 2011-04-02T23:07:13Z In Kubo and the Two Strings, released this summer, he was a proud samurai trapped in the body of a beetle. Matthew McConaughey on Singing Along to Carly Rae Jepsen 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z In ancient Egyptian writing and art, the image of a scarab, or dung beetle, expressed a whole concept of the afterlife and rebirth and was used in inscriptions as the verb “to become.” Emojis Meet Hieroglyphs: If King Tut Could Text 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The antennae jutting out of the beetle’s backpack received the message and passed it along to the circuit board, which sent electricity surging down the wire and into the beetle’s optic lobe. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z “Escape” is the beetle breaking out of a planet, which was the dung ball he was pushing around. Meet the artist who invented the Grateful Dead’s skull and roses logo 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z A pine tree planted in memory of Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison was ironically killed off by a beetle infestation, Los Angeles Councilman Tom LaBonge announced over the weekend. Help! George Harrison memorial tree killed by beetles 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z "It changes colors," he said, "like a peacock feather or a beetle wing." Making a colorful mark on Chanel 2011-07-11T19:05:29Z Along with lightning strikes, pine bark beetles and old age, wind is among the main causes of felled trees in Congaree. Among the Majestic Trees in Congaree, Slipping Into Silence 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Seconds later, a large spotted head popped out of the water and engulfed my beetle fly. Fly fishing in New Zealand — emphasis on the ‘fly’ 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z As a child, he would spend weekends in this same garden pond dipping and collecting beetles. A Ceramist Who Draws on His Craft’s Ancient Global Traditions 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Now, to shiver your spines: The flesh-eating beetles of the Field Museum are a bit of a mystery. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z 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 Meant to evoke both admiration and empathy, the content ranges from animal achievements — male dung beetles haul 1,100 times their body weight! — to research and observations on the emotional lives of animals. How Humans Can Coexist With Other Animals 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z There is the story of the finding of the first pesticide to kill the Colorado potato beetle. '1493': How Columbus' discovery changed the world 2011-09-29T19:55:04Z The downside: Scientists didn’t know much about the specific nerve pathways and brain circuits involved in beetle flight. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Even if that means supplying a steady diet of frozen dead rats for the carrion beetles in the “Traits of Life” exhibit. The unheralded, but essential, work behind an exhibition 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z "In a couple of hours, we should see some rib," Goldman said, reaching into the cage and shaking a few hundred beetles off the body of No Data, now riddled with holes. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Out here, the scritch and creep and slither, the skitter and croak of being, bee-ing, beetling, of spider, of mouse, of frog. Linda Newbery: following the Walking Man 2010-08-09T15:16:00Z Most likely it will be dark, crumbly, alive with tunneling earthworms and scurrying beetles, and grateful for that extra four inches of rain. Mulch provides numerous benefits 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z For gifts and accessories, visit Ohana, which designs its own clever T-shirts and carries locally made jewelry, leather bags, knit hats and kitchen goods made with wood from trees killed by invasive beetles. 36 Hours in Steamboat Springs 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Some beetle species, such as Japanese beetles, are garden pests, especially when displaced from their native lands, where they would be kept more in balance by natural enemies. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z “People suggested they were close to beetles, or close to flies, or actually a type of fly that adapted to feeding on blood. But they evaded our understanding.” Fleas have been mysterious insects. But scientists just found their living ‘sisters.’ 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z There are nine beetle cages, each roughly the size of a home aquarium, each topped with mesh lids, each layered with a sedimentary bedrock of exoskeleton, excrement and freshly dead flesh-eating beetles. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z A hunter and scavenger, Spot has a bite that turn out to be more fearsome than his bark, and soon he’s tearing off the head of a bright, glittering beetle he brings Arlo. Review: ‘The Good Dinosaur,’ Pixar Human and Apatosaurus 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z When the sun falls below the horizon, a skinny beetle named Photinus pyralis wakes up and takes to the air. Humans love fireflies, but we haven’t made life easy for them 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z But when a whirring cyborg beetle reveals that two inhabitants are strapping on explosives for a suicide mission, Powell asks her superior, Lt. What’s on TV Thursday 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The hotel’s proprietor suggests that maybe “migration was encoded in her genes,” as it is for salmon, or the dung beetles that use the Milky Way for orientation. Lydia Millet is not as popular as she should be. This novel will change that. 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z This beetling between England and Ireland would be repeated throughout his life. Review | Jonathan Swift: Not (entirely) the misanthrope you thought you knew 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z After all, even the Egyptians' holy scarab was only a dung beetle. iPhone worship has seen the media lose all sense of proportion 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z The flea beetles were so eager to devour the mustard greens that the first batch was a write-off — the seedlings were peppered with holes. The greens of autumn require extra care when frost threatens 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z In stanza two, the sky has darkened, and the sounds have become lighter, fainter, yet somehow more intense: the beetle's "droning flight", the high, faint and silvery "tinklings" of sheep-bells. Poem of the week: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray 2011-01-17T10:17:14Z For the next two decades, Matthews taught and rehearsed during the day, and starred in shows around the Bay Area at night, darting around in his green Volkswagen beetle. Transmitting Shakespeare to the Next Generation 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z He pops out of the tent, all in black, a beetle among fireflies, and pats DeVito on the shoulder. On the set of Dumbo with Tim Burton: ‘Like meeting up with your teenage boyfriend’ 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The George Harrison Memorial Tree, infamously killed by beetles, will be replanted on Feb. 25 in Griffith Park on what would have been the former Beatle’s 72nd birthday. George Harrison tree -- killed by beetles -- to be replanted Feb. 25 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z It was the first time that I’d watched anything larger than a beetle die, and it became, in my pubescent mind, an event of immense gravitas. The Joy of Being a Horrible Goose in a Time of Moral Crisis 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z “What was the closest thing to a remote-controlled airplane that I could get with these beetles?” Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z Over the next five days, Heinrich continued to return to the carcass, watching as the maggots all died and the burying beetles consumed their meal. 'Life Everlasting:' Death as nature's ultimate recycling agent 2012-06-20T21:42:05Z The first was realized in 2012 in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and portrayed a yellow-spotted beetle missing segments of its antennae. Textiles Are Part of the Fabric of Milan Design Week 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z On the West Coast, the disease sudden oak death is a problem, and, in the South, the ambrosia beetle is a serious pest. D.C. has become a leader in a movement to plant more diverse city trees 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z They rejected “Beetles,” he said, because beetles were something people stepped on. Jerry Allison, Who Played Drums With Buddy Holly, Dies at 82 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The beetle flew on its own – it didn't need any further direction from human operators to stay airborne – but as it cruised across the room, the researchers overlaid their own commands. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z He says among Varner’s favorites is the crunch of beetles eating a wooden pew in a small church in central Portugal. Wild sounds: Jazz improv and field recordings mix for ‘End of Summer Sound Vespers’ 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Viruses, bacteria, disease-carrying species like mosquitoes and ticks, and pest species like bark beetles are now being pushed far beyond their native ranges. ‘The Sixth Extinction,’ by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014-02-10T18:47:42Z For ones that try to get away, such as squash beetles and Japanese beetles, vacuum them early in the morning while they’re sluggish. Perspective | Waiting too long to weed can turn a relaxing task into a trial 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The beetle flew on its own — it didn’t need any further direction from human operators to stay airborne — but as it cruised across the room, the researchers overlaid their own commands. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z That happens when the beetles are threatened — when they’ve been swallowed by a frog, for example. Scientists solve mystery of bombardier beetles’ hot, toxic spray 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z This particular stench is appealing to the beetles and flies the plant is attempting to attract to pollinate it. Measuring just how bad corpse flower 'Alice' smells 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z They made another set of holes over the basalar muscles, which modulate wing thrust and are located on either side of the beetle's body. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z Rather, they are members of the beetle family. Ever wondered about animals that glow in the dark? 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Another jolt of electricity to the optic lobe, and the beetle dropped out of the air and skittered across the tile floor. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z The loose ends of all these wires snaked out of their respective holes and plugged into a package of electronics mounted with beeswax on the beetle’s back. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z There is also a building with thousands of spiders, hundreds of scorpions and snakes, five types of cockroaches, and an assortment of giant mealworms and beetles. Hollywood’s animal trainers are an endangered species 2014-02-13T19:21:38Z There before me was Lady Macbeth in the glorious robe of green beetle wings … Her face was wreathed in smiles, and almost the first words she said were 'Is not this a lovely robe? Ellen Terry's beetlewing gown back in limelight after ?110,000 restoration 2011-03-11T18:32:01Z By the second and third, the humans have been replaced by animals: pests such as rats, beetles, scruffy cats, and some kind of terrible possum-looking thing in a fur coat. What the fuzzy animals of Netflix's "The House" can teach "Don't Look Up" about climate anxiety 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z It leads his eye from the fennel to the ruined tomb to the minutiae of the flower whose "orange cup" contains five small beetles. Poem of the week: Two in the Campagna by Robert Browning 2010-07-26T09:44:00Z There’s a window at the moment for children to follow their own lines of inquiry and curiosity: let them watch a beetle in the park, or draw a picture, or read about astronomy. 'I'm stressed. I shout. Can I do better?': experts advise on pandemic parenting 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Several satin looks even fused the flora and fauna of the garden, with dragonflies, moths, beetles and butterflies. Lanvin, Nina Ricci, Balmain are ladylike on day 3 2013-03-01T04:16:08Z Japanese beetles, slugs, and aphids are your top three suspects when it comes to bugs on basil. How to grow basil, summer’s favorite herb 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z As he notes in his opening text: "Line up every kind of plant and animal on Earth, and one of every four will be a beetle." New books for all ages 2012-06-23T02:25:57Z Make sure to check in on your plants each morning — when beetles are a little less active — until the problem is resolved. Everything you need to know about growing beans 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z The nonprofit supports his exploration as it works to combat the effects of bark beetles and blister rust in Western forests. Tree hunters find three of the tallest sugar pines known on Earth 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The enemies list also includes Japanese beetles, which were particularly heavy this year in their onslaught on vine leaves, inhibiting photosynthesis. How a Virginia winery in its prime holds its enemies at bay 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z In "Mammas," Rossellini dresses as a mother spider, wasp, hamster, toad, cuckoo, dunnock, oil beetle, piping plover and cichlid fish to show how each brings her young into the world. 'Mammas' is study in maternal instinct 2013-05-07T12:51:08Z We see film exposed in starlight and developed in seaweed, or hear music generated, with the help of electrodes, by the island’s Calosoma beetle. ‘Geographies of Solitude’ Review: Exploring a Wild Island 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Dung beetles are at work in your garden now, as they are in any natural environment, sometimes a combination of native and introduced species. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z It also helps to have dung beetles around, even if you don’t spread any manure. The gardener’s little helper 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Advocates note the efficiency with which the likes of silkworms and cockroaches convert plant food to edible body mass, and cite the ease and relatively low environmental impact of farming waxworms or water beetles. My first taste of flesh 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z Because if there's anything worse than flesh-eating beetles, it's flesh-eating beetles circling a church group from Indiana. Inside the Field Museum's hidden flesh-eating beetle room 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The chemicals are strong enough to irritate human skin and kill ants, but they didn’t bother the beetles at all. Scientists solve mystery of bombardier beetles’ hot, toxic spray 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Whether it’s rescue rat-bots or bomb-sniffing beetle drones, electronics are helping us create new beasts of burden, allowing us to conscript creatures into the modern animal workforce. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z What happens to the earthworms, the dung beetles, the ground spiders? Soil: Can you dig it? 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z |
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