Sentence examples for pest on from inspiring English sources

"I'm a fucking pest on the tube.

They feed on decaying vegetable matter but can be a major pest on crops.

Vardy, by his own admission, is a "pest" on the pitch.

Powder-post beetles can sometimes be controlled by brushing or spraying an insecticide labeled for the pest on the infested surface.

"At the same time, they were also persecuted as a pest on pecan orchards and trapped in considerable numbers for the pet trade", said Dr Martin in email.

​Nowadays, Shepard says, a mime is often considered just "a pest on the street, making a wall and asking for money".

Species are often pests on ornamentals and one is a threat to commercial apples (Y. malinellus [20]).

It is one of the most important pests on date palms that may cause more than 50% loss of the crop [3].

Until 2003, Anticarsia gemmatalis was considered one of the most important pests on soybean and the baculovirus Anticarsia gemmatalis MNPV was widely used as a bioinsecticide on approximately two million hectares of soybeans [ 23].

These picnics allowed Macdonald venues to show off his talents at campaigning, and were often lighthearted at one, the Tory leader blamed agricultural pests on the Grits, and promised the insects would go away if the Conservatives were elected.

Since its North American invasion, A. glycines has become one of the most damaging insect pests on this important crop.