单词 | red spider mite |
释义 | > as lemmasred spider mite Originally: any of various reddish mites resembling minute spiders and often causing (or presumed to cause) disease in plants or animals. Later spec. (more fully red spider mite): any of various sap-sucking spider mites (family Tetranychidae), which are pests causing discoloration and withering of leaves and producing fine webs on affected parts; esp. Tetranychus urticae, common in glasshouses, and Panonychus ulmi, which affects fruit trees. Also with unmarked plural. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > family Tetranychidae > member of red spider1646 harvest-bug1768 harvest-louse1775 gooseberry-louse1856 red mite1871 harvest-mite1874 harvest-tick1886 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. Table Of the Tainct or small red Spider. 1696 J. Aubrey Misc. (1857) 138 The little red spider, called a tentbob (not so big as a great pins head). 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. xxv. 202 The little red Spider which creeps on the Barks of Trees should also not be neglected. 1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 5 58 Destroying the Red Spider and other noxious insects. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) ii. iv. 435 The red spider is the Acarus telarius, and the same name is also applied by gardeners to the scarlet acarus (A. holosericeus) [family Trombidiidae]. 1859 J. F. Allen Pract. Treat. Culture & Treatm. Grape Vine (ed. 3) 127 If red spiders are troublesome, moisture and sulphur are the only remedies. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 3/1 Use tobacco fumes for thrips and green-fly,..and a sponge or syringe and clear water for red spider. 1919 Florida Buggist 3 45 The red spider mite..seriously attacks the avocado at certain times of the year. 1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 772/1 Erinose often follows an attack of Red Spider on Cinerarias, Pelargoniums, and Vines. 1988 Garden News 3 Sept. 14/2 Red spider mite is very difficult to control and it is a good idea to isolate any infected plants immediately. 1993 Garden Answers May 20/1 There's little chance of escape for red spider when you let the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis loose! < as lemmas |
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