A moderate breeze kept the worst of the mosquitoes and blackflies away.
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He had, I noticed, a haze of blackflies of his own.
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Cawley peered at him as if Teddy's face were sprouting blackflies.
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It is transmitted to humans by blackflies breeding along fast-flowing tropical rivers and streams.
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Bergman does not mention the power of the blackflies.
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Mr. Stakman: It killed the plantlice; that is all I wanted.
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They do not hop like the jumping plantlice when they are disturbed.
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Any good soap is effective in destroying soft bodied insects such as plantlice.
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Watch for plantlice on lettuce in cold frames.
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Watch carefully for the hatching of plantlice eggs.
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Moreover," said he, "I have seen you kill greenflies yourself.
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Virus-infection status of the whiteflies per se of both biotypes showed limited effects on performance of vectors on cotton, a nonhost plant of the viruses.
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My little aphid, how many wings have you when you have any?
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For good measure, E-beta-farnesene also attracts aphid predators such as ladybirds and wasps.
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It also indicates that the requirements for Mi-mediated aphid and nematode resistance differ.
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Aphis, you know, is the same as aphid, or plant louse.
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The judge looked like a black-robed praying mantis mauling an aphid.
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The giant willow aphid was first identified in Auckland in December.
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Our results also demonstrate the feasibility of the plant-mediated RNAi approach for aphid control.
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These results show that there are quantitative differences in virulence among potato aphid isolates.
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Potentially, aphid resistance requires additional genes that are not conserved between tomato and eggplant.
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Likewise, the antisense suppression of LeFAD7 expression in wild-type tomato plants reduces aphid infestations.
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The analysis of wheat aphid population dynamics to develop aphid control strategies is therefore important.
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The phytosterol content increased and aphid reproduction decreased with increasing N concentration of the shoots.
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Which side of the leaf does the aphid prefer?
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Mr Foster said the aphid also attracted large numbers of wasps, which fed on its secretions.