Sentences with phrase «noxious insects»

Now in summer, when it was hot, and he was very tired and ill from his journeyings, or when he held the office of lecturer, he would sometimes, as he lay thus in bonds, and oppressed with toil, and tormented also by noxious insects, cry aloud and give way to fretfulness, and twist round and round in agony, as a worm does when run through with a pointed needle.

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While still caterpillars, these insects incorporate noxious chemicals from the plants they eat, making them unpalatable to birds even after they metamorphose into butterflies.

American farmers have planted 20 million acres of genetically modified corn, engineered to repel predatory insects without using noxious chemicals.

They can be effectively used for removing noxious substances that occur due to insect bites and bee stings.

He may have eaten something poisonous or noxious (some plants, insects, etc).