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nests/nɛsts/

A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.

mozzie/ˈmɒz.i/

A mosquito.

gall/ɡɑl/

A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.

maxilla/mækˈsɪlə/ /mækˈsɪlə/

(arthropodology) One of a set of paired mouthparts found in many arthropods and used for tasting and manipulating food.

pyrethrin/paɪˈriːθrɪn/ /pɪˈriːθrɪn/

Any of a number of naturally occurring insecticides extracted from the pyrethrum plant; unusual in having a cyclopropane ring.

pesticide/ˈpɛstɨsaɪd/ /ˈpɛstɪ̈ˌsaɪd/

Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

spermatheca/ˌspɜːməˈθiːkə/

A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which stores sperm until it is used to fertilize the ova.

buzz/bʌz/

A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.

rhabdoms/ˈræbdəmz/

Any of the rods that support each ommatidium in the compound eye of arthropods

jays/dʒeɪz/

Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.