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Meanings of plant lice in English

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A small sap-sucking insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea.

Usage of plant lice in English
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Mr. Stakman: It killed the plant lice; that is all I wanted.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
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They do not hop like the jumping plant lice when they are disturbed.
The Insect Folk
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Any good soap is effective in destroying soft bodied insects such as plant lice.
Apple Growing
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Watch for plant lice on lettuce in cold frames.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
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Watch carefully for the hatching of plant lice eggs.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
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Psyllids, also called jumping plant lice, are very small insects no more than 3 millimetres long.
Radio NZ
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Tobacco water does the work for plant lice.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881
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Kerosene emulsion is the medicine for plant lice.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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For use against plant lice add to one cup of this emulsion 8 cups of water.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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Yes, they are the little plant lice that seem at times to cover every growing thing.
The Insect Folk
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They destroy vast quantities of plant lice.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881
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Of course, plant lice are more common.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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We often see woolly plant lice in the summer-time on different plants, and one species injures apple trees.
The Insect Folk
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The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc.
The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section I, J, K, ...
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You all know plant lice.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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They mostly feed on soft bodied, sap sucking insects such as aphids ( plant lice), ant pupae and larvae.
BBC