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Destructive insects
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Pests
Pests. See DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS.
San Joseacute scale
A very destructive scale insect Aspidiotus perniciosus that infests the apple pear and other fruit trees So called because first introduced … A very destructive scale insect Aspidiotus perniciosus that infests the apple pear and other fruit trees So called because first introduced into the
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Colorado beetle
insect indigenous to Colorado, one of the United States of America, so destructive to vegetables that the (English) Destructive Insects Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 68), was passed to prevent its introduction into Great Britain by
County Councils
county rate; (11) Coroner's salary, fees, and district; (12) The execution as local authority of Acts relating to destructive insects, to fish conservancy, to wild birds, to weights and measures, to gas meters and of the (English) Local
Hopperdozer
An appliance for the destruction of insects consisting of a shallow iron box containing kerosene or coated with tar or other sticky substance
Dermestes
A genus of coleopterous insects the larvaelig of which feed animal substances They are very destructive to dries meats skins woolens and furs The most common species is Dermestes lardarius known as the bacon
Muscardine
A disease which is very destructive to silkworms and which sometimes extends to other insects It is attended by the development of a fungus
Insect-infested
etc. in large swarms'. Thus an article of food would be 'insect-infested', if it has been attacked by insects in swarms or numbers, Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Kacheroo Mal, AIR 1976 SC 394 (396): (1976) 1 … (a person or thing) in a persistent manner', 'to visit persistently or in large number for purposes of destruction or plunder', 'to swarm in or about, so as to be troublesome'. In the same dictionary the word
Grasshopper
adapted for leaping and chewing mouth parts The species and genera are very numerous and some are very destructive to crops The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust Caloptenus spretus noted for the great extent … Any jumping orthopterous insect of the families Acrididaelig and Locustidaelig having large hind legs adapted for leaping and chewing mouth parts The
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