Sentence examples for invasive insects from inspiring English sources
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is one of the most important invasive insects on the Galapagos Islands, receiving the highest score of invasiveness due to their wide distribution, wide host range and their importance as vector of many plant viruses [ 9- 11].
It is likely that the parasite was introduced by what one scientist has called an exponential increase in invasive insects caused by the influx of humans.
The number of invasive insects arriving on the islands, presumably with the influx of people, has increased "exponentially," Dr. Parker said.
Cold temperatures in winter keep invasive insects and pests at bay and provide the chilling hours necessary for crops like apples and blueberries.
In "Attack of the Aliens" (Op-Ed, Oct. 16), Henry Tepper addresses many of the dangers of invasive insects and plants.
In the northeastern United States, common invasive plants include burdock, garlic mustard, purple loosestrife, and multiflora rose; invasive birds include starlings, rock pigeons, and house sparrows; and invasive insects include Japanese beetles, gypsy moths, and hemlock woolly adelgid.
The first, executed in 2002, involved pitting ladybird beetles against the cottony cushion scale, an invasive insect.
He was referring to the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect and fast flier that attacks ash trees and is now in 18 states, including Pennsylvania and New York.
In 2002 – after years of careful study – scientists from the Charles Darwin Research Centre working with the Galápagos national park service released a ladybird beetle to control the cottony cushion scale, a sap-sucking invasive insect that was devastating mangroves and other local flora.
As Anthony DePalma explained here this morning, the Forest Service went to great lengths to get inside the mind of the emerald ash borer, a vivid-green, bug-eyed invasive insect that is wreaking havoc on trees in 15 states.
Drosophila suzukii is an invasive insect pest which impacts small fruit production throughout much of the world.
