| 单词 | narcissus fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnarcissus fly narcissus fly n. a bee-like hoverfly of either of the genera Merodon and Eumerus, esp. M. equestris, whose larvae infest the bulbs of narcissus and other plants and cause them to rot. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Syrphidae > lampetia equestris (narcissus fly) narcissus fly1903 1903 F. V. Theobald First Rep. Econ. Entomol. 107 A correspondent..sent the larvæ of the Narcissus Fly, from Chertsey, with the following note: ‘They play havoc with the narcissus bulbs and are evidently the maggot of some fly.’ 1966 Punch 28 Sept. 485/3 There are in Britain some two hundred and twenty known varieties of hover fly, of which only the Narcissus flies are destructive. 1992 M. Gratwick Crop Pests UK lvi. 290/1 There are three species of narcissus fly or bulb fly in Britain. < as lemmas |
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