Sentences with phrase «by small insects»

MSV is transmitted amongst maize and other weed host plants by small insects called leafhoppers.

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I made the muffins «mini» due to the small amounts of edible insects that I was sent by Marx Pantry.

Florida citrus growers have had to contend with citrus greening, a disease spread by a small invasive insect called the Asian citrus psyllid.

The curious phenomenon of the cicada's periodical life cycle is the subject of much debate among scientists, who are limited to no small extent by the infrequency of the insect's visits to the surface.

The smallest snake, biggest stick insect, smallest sea horse, and a tree that kills itself by flowering.

«A similar principle operates, for instance, in insect flight, where big power muscles provide the main force that is then redirected by smaller steering muscles for lift and drag.

Hanging out by bird feeders around the world, the insects have been observed feasting on a variety of small birds, in particular, hummingbirds.

The spider will capture and eat by itself insect prey that are smaller than it is.

Archerfish hunt by shooting jets of water at unsuspecting insects, spiders, or even small lizards on leaves or twigs above, knocking them into the water below before gobbling them up.

They make their way into the bamboo through a small opening, possibly made by insects.

It is predominantly yellowish insect that measures only 3 mm, which is small even by planthopper standards.

By ALISON HENWOODSince Aristotle's day amber has been prized for the beauty of the insects, feathers and small reptiles imprisoned within it.

So in the new study, Loukola and colleagues made the bees forage for sugar water by moving a small, yellow ball to a specific target (as in the video above)-- something far removed from what the insects do in the wild.

Removal of the invasive Morning Glory vine from the small area occupied by the stick insects was successfully carried out in 2003.

Inspired by examples like this, engineers are producing ensembles of small, insect - like robots that cooperatively perform jobs that might be difficult, dangerous or tedious for humans to carry out.

Yet how the fly's relatively small brain of 100,000 neurons — by comparison, a human brain contains a million times more neurons — guides the insect's flight is unclear.

The earliest diverging dinosauromorphs may have preyed on small animals (including insects), but cranio - dental remains are rare; by contrast, most silesaurids probably included plant material in their diet, as indicated by their modified jaw apparatus and teeth.

As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Firefly can be donated to the museum followed by a small talk by Blathers, the curator.

They are small, brown insects and are generally regarded as being disgusting, most notably by Blathers, the curator of the museum.

Like all fish and insects in Animal Crossing, the Small Bass can be donated to the Museum by talking to Blathers, the curator.

As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Darner Dragonfly can be donated to the museum followed by a small talk by Blathers.

As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Wharf Roach can be donated to the Museum by talking to Blathers, who will give a small speech on it.

As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, Cicada Shells can be donated to the Museum followed by a small talk by Blathers, the curator.

As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Pill Bug can be donated to the Museum by talking to Blathers, who will give a small speech about it.

Once your home is sanitized, defend against a recurrence of fleas and other insect pests by applying small amounts of diatomaceous earth throughout the home.

We will separate bees from other insects and debris and then attach the bees to small pins by piercing or gluing them to the pins.

Karen Rosenberg: «Insects also figure in small paintings by Tazeen Qayyum, who renders cockroaches and other household pests with extraordinary delicacy.

In Calderoulette (1940 - 45), a standing mobile by Alexander Calder, an open water lily is positioned below a floating butterfly, a small buzzing insect, and a dragonfly.

With a permanent show space no longer retained, the number of print releases in 2014 restricted to a small handful (by Paul Insect, Maya Hayuk and Invader), and plenty of competitors arriving on the street art scene eager to fill the void, many wondered what the -LSB-...]

It was also the exhibition that confirmed Richter's status as one of the leading artists in the world, and was described by Storr in his introduction as «long overdue» in the United States.2 In 2003 Richter embarked on a small but substantially sized series of paintings entitled Silicate [CR: 885/1 -4] inspired by an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from 12 March 2003 about the shimmering qualities of certain insects» bodies.3 The resulting four large paintings are perhaps the most overtly biological of the abstract works in Richter's oeuvre, suggestive of cell formations and genetic sequences seen under the microscope.

EDDIE MARTINEZ Yard Work # 1 (Sam's Mint Garden) 2017 Oil, spray paint, enamel, small insects, leaves, grass and one human hair strand on canvas 30 1/8 by 40 in.

In future airplanes, weight and drag are reduced by smaller tails and even new coatings that prevent insect residues from building up on the wings.

What is even more frightening is how powerful this class of poison actually is: «The quantities required to destroy insect life are astonishingly small: by volume these poisons are 10,000 times as powerful as DDT.»

But these stressful habitat conditions could easily be tolerated by small burrowing mammals reptiles and insects.