Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort.
Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
1 Vaucorbeil ordered orange-syrup with the iodine, and for a later stage cinnabar baths.
2 There are distinct ledges of auriferous ore. A late discovery plainly evinces cinnabar .
3 At Tramore Beach I took this photo of a wee cinnabar moth on one.
4 There were trunks of trees smeared with cinnabar , which resembled columns covered with blood.
5 The favourite colours in house decoration-whereany were noticeable-wereblue and a dirty cinnabar red.
6 This caused the country where they lived to be examined, and the cinnabar was found.
7 It forms part of a soft, red rock called cinnabar , composed of mercury and sulphur.
8 He had long golden hair with a hint of crimson, almost the shade of cinnabar .
9 The sinking through stiff clay, stained with iron, cobalt, manganese, and cinnabar , was reported easy.
10 The stones sparkled white in the sunshine with quartz; they were all stained red with cinnabar .
11 It is poisonous to animals, but it is also the foodcrop of the handsome cinnabar moth.
12 Endo was a wiry little man with the albino skin and cinnabar - colored hair of an Inkarran.
13 Most were white of skin, like Inkarrans, as white as albinos with silver or cinnabar - colored hair.
14 We crossed a black and white tiled hall, with a spluttery fountain and faded cinnabar paint.
15 For I have seen the Roof-ridge red in the sunlight as if it were painted with cinnabar . '
16 But it was found there was red lead in the cinnabar & this was causing her illness.
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