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WEBWORM [28 records]

Record 1 2017-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Lepidoptera) of the family Gelechiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des lépidoptères) de la famille des Gelechiidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Zoology
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Zoologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The larva of the oecophorid moth ... that feeds on parsnips.

CONT

Along the roads and in the flat midwestern fields lying on the outskirts of this wooded site grow delicate, yellow wild parsnip plants, the meal - and home - of an unusual caterpillar, the parsnip webworm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 10 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 11 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 12 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 13 2016-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Zoology
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Zoologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 14 2016-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 15 2016-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 16 2016-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A larva of the moth families Pyraustidae and Arctiidae, which lives gregariously in a large, silken nest woven over the host-plant foliage, in which the developmental period is passed; seldom a serious forest defoliator but sometimes a pest on shade and ornamental trees.

CONT

There is no wild parsnip in the wooded area, and thus no webworms, but there are other plants and insects of interest to the investigators.

OBS

See also "parsnip webworm".

OBS

leaf-tier; leaf-tyer: terms used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Chenille d'un lépidoptère (familles Tortricidae, ou Lasiocampidae ou Arctiidae) qui vit en colonies dans des nids soyeux sur le feuillage des plantes où elle passe son stade de développement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 17 2016-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

webworm: The larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Lonostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 18 2016-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 19 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 20 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Insect pest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte nuisible.

Spanish

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Record 21 2014-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Lepidoptera) of the family Pyralidae.

Key term(s)
  • aspen leaf roller

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des lépidoptères) de la famille des Pyralidae.

Spanish

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Record 22 2010-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Il n'existe aucun nom vulgarisé en français pour désigner Crambus preafectellus. Il faut donc s'en tenir au latin, le faisant précéder du générique «pyrale des prés» si nécessaire.

Spanish

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Record 23 2004-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
CONT

The sod webworm is an off-white or tan-coloured caterpillar, about 2 cm long, that lives in the thatch layer of grass. Depending upon the species, it may have rows of darker spots along its back. If you have noticed small, whitish-brown moths flying above the lawn in the summer, you may have seen the adult stage of the sod webworm, the lawn moth. The adults are about 1 cm long with a wingspan of 2 cm. When at rest, they hold their wings close to their bodies. Two horns, forming a shape like a snout, protrude from their heads.

OBS

The first signs of sod webworm injury are small patches of yellow or brown grass on the lawn. If the infestation worsens, the brown patches join together, producing large, irregular areas of dying grass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures

Spanish

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Record 24 1993-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A grub that is the larva of a pyralidid moth (Hymenia recurvalis) and is destructive to beets and other green crops in much of the U.S.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

Ordre des Lépidoptères, famille des Pyralidés.

Spanish

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Record 25 1990-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
CONT

Population of the larger sod webworm P. trisecta (Walker) was in a New Jersey (USA) turfgrass field of common Kentucky blue-grass and red fescue. The species has 3 generations/yr. It overwinters as larvae in the turfgrass thatch, which resume feeding the following spring to pupate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
OBS

Il n'existe aucun nom vulgarisé en français pour désigner Pediasia trisecta. Il faut donc s'en tenir au latin, le faisant précéder du générique «pyrale de prés» si nécessaire.

Spanish

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Record 26 1990-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Pests (Crops)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
OBS

Il n'existe aucun nom vulgarisé français pour désigner Crambus mutabilis. Il faut donc s'en tenir au latin, le faisant précéder du générique «pyrale des prés» si nécessaire.

Spanish

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Record 27 1985-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

So-green grub and chinch bug control kills white grub, chinch bug, sod webworm and ants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

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Record 28 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

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