Sentences with phrase «by dead insects»

Pitted dates, for example, are condemned only if 5 percent or more of each batch are contaminated by dead insects or their excreta.

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The electrical grid is surrounded by a safety cage, and dead insects fall into a removable, washable tray to keep mess contained.

Insects bind together nearly every ecosystem by pollinating 80 percent of food plants and recycling dead organic matter.

A native of rural Elmira Heights, New York, Wood became fascinated with forest insects when he noticed dead elms killed by a scourge of beetle - borne disease in his hometown.

The salamanders use their tongues to catch insects literally on the fly, and the evidence, published in February in the Journal of Experimental Biology by a group of researchers led by Stephen M. Deban of the University of South Florida, suggests that these amphibians owe their dead - shot abilities to a ballistic projection mechanism that powers their rapid - fire tongue thrusts: In effect the tongue launches from the mouth like an arrow from a bow.

Nuptial gifts occur in several insect species in various forms including nicely wrapped dead bugs collected by males, various body secretions, body parts or even the male's entire body.

The insects» strange genitals may be a by - product of where they live: barren caves with little food except dead bats and bat guano.

When scientists setup an artificial ecosystem in the lab, complete with ladybugs, parasites, and lacewings, insects that like to make a meal of wasp cocoons, they found that when the cocoons were between the legs of a living ladybug, only 35 % were killed by predators, compared with 85 % if the cocoon was attached to a dead ladybug, and nearly 100 % if it was free from any ladybug.

When storms, fires, or other disturbances kill a great number of trees, the dead biomass is decomposed by fungi, insects, and the like, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

When storms, fires, or other disturbances kill a great number of trees, the dead biomass is decomposed by fungi, insects, and the like, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Take care in eating already - dead insects, as they may have been killed by pesticide.

Recently, we've seen how designers have been creating new kinds of biologically inspired products, from jewelry built by larvae, to countertop incubators that cultivate insects for human consumption, to dead beetle bioplastic.

Start by having your trees pruned and evaluated regularly for signs of dead wood, insect damage and other problems.