| 单词 | soldier-bug |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoldier-bug soldier-bug n. a predacious North American bug of the genus Podisus of the family Pentatomidæ, esp. P. maculiventris, which is yellowish brown and has a spine on the under-side of its head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > member of family Pentatomidae (stink-beetle) > member of genus Podisus soldier-bug1868 1868 7th Ann. Rep. State Board Agric. Michigan 175 [I] found [them] to be soldier-bugs, with their long harpoon bills thrust into a fine fat slug. 1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 98 The very same..may be true..of the Spined Soldier bug. 1876 Rep. Vermont Board Agric. 3 676 The spined soldier bug and the banded robber bug also prey upon the larvae of the potato beetle. 1946 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 4 Feb. 4/1 More than two tons of it [sc. an insecticide made from sabadilla] was used this year to kill.. the soldier bugs in Illinois. < as lemmas |
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