Sentences with phrase «common insect pests»

Onions: Onions don't take up a lot of room above the ground, and are said to deter many common insect pests in the garden, such as aphids, slugs, and cabbage worms, making them a good companion plant for peppers.

Some common insect pests of blueberries are spotted wing drosophila, Japanese beetles, leaf rollers, and forest tent caterpillars.

Aphids are probably the most common insect pest that attacks seedlings.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that century - old museum specimens hold clues to how global climate change will affect a common insect pest that can weaken and kill trees — and the news is not good.

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Chemical signals dominate the insect world, says Berenbaum, and this research shows that «new things can be discovered about even the most dirt common of insect pests.»

One such insect, the sap - sucking aphid (a common pest in gardens), has an effective escape plan, though: the bugs detect an approaching herbivore's breath and simply drop off the plant before it's eaten.Researchers at the University of Haifa at Oranim, Israel first noticed this phenomenon when they allowed a goat to feed on aphid - infested alfalfa plants — 65 percent of the plant pests simultaneously dropped to the ground just before the vegetation was devoured.The team suspected that several cues might have motivated the mass dropping, including the sudden shadow cast by the goat, plant - shaking triggered by the munching marauder and / or the herbivore's exhalations.

These insect allies can help keep common crop pests in check, and add diversity to your landscape:

The common cat flea (the same flea attacks cats, dogs, and our ankles) seems to be everywhere this year.Recently, consumers, pest control firms, and veterinarians all have raised questions about new flea - control products that are based on an insect - parasitic nematode.