单词 | lady beetle |
释义 | lady beetle (once / 1313257 pages) n WORD FAMILY lady beetle: lady beetles USAGE EXAMPLESFragmented prairie habitat, invasive predators like the multicolored Asian lady beetle, climate change, and pesticides are a few of the possibilities. Washington Times(Jul 23, 2016) Then a parasite of the scale insect was imported from Australia, a small lady beetle called the vedalia. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring(1962) “I ran around the lab saying, ‘I've got a virus! There's a virus in the head of the lady beetle!’ ” Science Magazine(Feb 10, 2015) n small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests Syn|Hypo|Hyper ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug Adalia bipunctata, two-spotted ladybug red ladybug with a black spot on each wing Epilachna varivestis, Mexican bean beetle, bean beetleintroduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant Hippodamia convergensa variety of ladybug Rodolia cardinalis, vedalianative to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects beetle insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings |
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