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MIRIDE PREDATEUR [1 record]

Record 1 1984-12-17

English

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

"predacious plant bug","predacious mirid": terms proposed by Dr. K.G.A. Hamilton, entomologist, Agriculture Canada. "predacious leaf bug": terminologist's proposal, based on the following excerpt from BORIN 1964, p.180: "Family Miridae -- Leaf Bugs or Plant Bugs: ... Practically all the leaf bugs feed on the juices of plants, often causing serious damage; a few are predacious on other insects."

Key term(s)
  • predatory plant bug
  • predatory leaf bug
  • predatory mirid

French

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

Spanish

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