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flower bug

n.
Any of various heteropteran insects in the family Anthocoridae that feed on insects that infest flowers and other plant parts.
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flower bug

n
(Animals) any of a number of bugs of the family Cimicidae, related to the debris bugs but frequenting flowers and feeding on the small insects found there
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flow′er bug`


n.
any of several small speckled black bugs of the family Anthocoridae that feed on aphids and other plant pests.
[1885]
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"Local Florist Flower Bug donated the beautiful floral centre-pieces, all of which were bought by attendees as they left the evening, boosting the fundraising by yet another PS100!
Insecticides based on natural materials include pyrethrum (Py Garden Insect Killer, Doff All In One Bug Spray, Gem Stop Bugs, Westland Bug Killer, Nature's Answer Natural Pest Control), rotenone (Bio Liquid Derris Plus), fatty acids (Bayer Organic Pest Control, Doff Greenfly and Blackfly Killer, Fito Get Off Insect), plant and fish oils (Vitax Organic 2 in 1 Pest and Disease Control), plant extracts (Growing Success Fruit & Veg Bug Killer, Growing Success Shrub and Flower Bug Killer) and mineral lattice (SB Plant Invigorator).
Mann said his wife's a "flower bug" and he likes to help her out.
We compared the efficiency of the mini-aspirator with a paintbrush and commercial aspirator for collecting and releasing the chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood and 2 of its natural enemies, a predatory mite, Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans), and the flower bug, Orius insidiosus (Say).
Insecticides based on natural materials include pyrethrum (Py Garden Insect Killer, Doff All In One Bug Spray Gem Stop Bugs, Westland Bug Killer, Nature's Answer Natural Pest Control), rotenone (Bio Liquid Derris Plus), fatty acids (Bayer Organic Pest Control, Doff Greenfly and Blackfly Killer, Fito Get Off Insect), plant and fish oils (Vitax Organic 2 in 1 Pest and Disease Control), plant extracts (Growing Success Fruit & Veg Bug Killer, Growing Success Shrub and Flower Bug Killer) and mineral lattice (SB Plant Invigorator).
The flower bug, which is found in gardens, sucks blood leaving a sensation like a burning needle.
Enhanced oviposition in the insidious flower bug, Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) with a partially purified nutritional factor from prey eggs.
insidiosus is the insidious flower bug. Their effectiveness is predictable based on the number of the predator relative to the number of thrips prey (Funderburk et al.
Key Words: artificial diet, factor, insidious flower bug, Plodia interpunctella, cell line, Orius insidiosus, Ephestia kuehniella, eggs
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