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HANNETON [2 records]

Record 1 2023-02-20

English

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

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Scarabaeidae.

French

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

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Scarabaeidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-08-14

English

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

Any of numerous rather large leaf-eating scarabaeoid beetles that fly chiefly in late spring and have as larvae white grubs that live in soil and feed chiefly on the roots of grasses and other plants.

OBS

June beetle: term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

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

Insecte de l'ordre des coléoptères et de la famille des scarabéidés. Il existe plusieurs espèces de hannetons [...] le hanneton commun. Cette dernière espèce est la plus connue et la plus répandue en France. Sa larve souterraine, ou ver blanc, qui vit dans la terre, est, en cas de fortes pullulations, un ravageur important de la plupart des cultures.

OBS

hanneton : terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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