Sentences with phrase «on dead insects»

The mites only eat their host spider's freshly killed prey, and don't scavenge on dead insects.

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In the main reception area, on the ceiling, were piles of cobwebs with dead (and decaying) insects in them.

This fact of our experience is not always given the attention it deserves, and many times descriptions of humankind are produced that suggest a quasi-morphological portrayal, as if human existence were like counting the spots on some insect or were like a diagram of a dead cat as it is studied in a biological laboratory.

In March 2000, after two Lawndale Community Academy 4th graders vomited their lunch of turkey sandwiches and bananas, an inspector visited the kitchen and found dead water bugs, improperly exposed insect poison, rusted racks in the walk - in cooler, dirty floors, and food held at an unsafe temperature on the serving line.

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.

Much like humans, grizzlies are clever scavengers, feasting on rodents, trout, roots, nuts, berries, insects, and dead animals.

Following the asteroid hit, most of the plants and animals would have died, so the survivors probably fed on insects eating dead plants and animals.

The researchers placed varying numbers of live or dead stink bugs on grapes and measured the release of insect stress compounds as wine was produced from the fruits.

Insects wriggling around on trees, predatory animals feeding on dead animals, and flowers blooming and withering also act as a recurring visual motif of the evolution of life.

Aside from seeing the actual bed bug on your pet (it may be hard to find since many pets like ferrets, rabbits, rats, and cats are so meticulous when they groom themselves) you may see bites, your pet itching themselves, or dead insects in your pet's cage or around the house.

The idea is essentially that an alien menace is dead set on invading Earth with giant ants, spiders and other creepy insects, also throwing in giant robots and flying saucers into the mix for good measure to make things even more B - movie - like.

Most ominously, the combination of dead trees, insect infestation and fire on forest ecosystems will likely release carbon — perhaps more, in some places, than forests store.

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It is, in lines and gridlock and transaction after transaction, to confront a dimension of yourself that is as inescapable as it is painful: As a tourist, you become economically significant but existentially loathsome, an insect on a dead thing.»

Vermin infestations also scored highly after almost half (48 per cent) stated that coming across mouse droppings and dead insects on the floor made them fear for their health and, thus, dismiss a property straightaway.