| 单词 | radish fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasradish fly radish fly n. a small fly, Delia platura (family Anthomyiidae), whose larvae burrow in radishes and in the roots and seeds of various other crops (also called seed-corn maggot); (in quot. 1878: the striped flea beetle, Phyllotreta striolata (family Chrysomelidae), whose larvae also infest radishes). ΚΠ 1841 T. W. Harris Rep. Insects Massachusetts 415 The radish-fly is called Anthomyia Raphani, in my ‘Catalogue’, from the botanical name of the radish, on the root of which its larvæ feed. 1878 I. F. Tillinghast Man. Veg. Plants 44 The striped flea-beetle... They are very destructive to the young plants of the cabbage family, are known by various names, such as turnip-fly, radish-fly, etc. 1915 Mansfield (Ohio) News 7 Aug. 6/7 The cabbage fly, the onion fly, the lettuce fly and the radish fly, all of which do much damage to vegetation. 1966 Walla-Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 15 July 7/5 Early radishes..grown under cheesecloth to keep small birds away and to reduce radish flies that sting the radishes and ruin them for consumption. < as lemmas |
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