Meaning of "damsel bug" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF DAMSEL BUG

damsel bug

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DAMSEL BUG

Damsel bug is a noun.

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WHAT DOES DAMSEL BUG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nabidae

The insect family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs. The term damsel bug is the common name used for the Nabids. There are over 400 species. They are soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial predators. Many damsel bugs catch and hold prey with their forelegs, similar to mantids. They are considered helpful species in agriculture because of their predation on many types of crop pests, such as cabbage worms, aphids, and lygus bugs. Damsel bugs of the genus Nabis are the most common. They and other genera are most numerous in fields of legumes such as alfalfa, but they can be found in many other crops and in non-cultivated areas. They are yellow to tan in color and have large, bulbous eyes and stiltlike legs. They are generalist predators, catching almost any insect smaller than themselves, and cannibalizing each other when no other food is available. Several species have bitten humans.

Definition of damsel bug in the English dictionary

The definition of damsel bug in the dictionary is any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants.

TRANSLATION OF DAMSEL BUG

Find out the translation of damsel bug to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of damsel bug from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «damsel bug» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 少女的bug
• Translator English - Spanish: damisela bug
• English: damsel bug
• Translator English - Hindi: युवती बग
• Translator English - Arabic: الفتاة علة
• Translator English - Russian: девица ошибка
• Translator English - Portuguese: donzela bug
• Translator English - Bengali: কুমারী বাগ
• Translator English - French: demoiselle bug
• Translator English - Malay: Bug perempuan
• Translator English - German: Maid Bug
• Translator English - Japanese: 乙女のバグ
• Translator English - Korean: 처녀 버그
• Translator English - Javanese: Bug bocah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lỗi thiếu nữ
• Translator English - Tamil: சிறிய பிழை
• Translator English - Marathi: मुलींचा बग
• Translator English - Turkish: Baba bug
• Translator English - Italian: damigella bug
• Translator English - Polish: panienka błąd
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дівиця помилка
• Translator English - Romanian: fată bug
• Translator English - Greek: νεανίδα bug
• Translator English - Afrikaans: mirmicoides
• Translator English - Swedish: jungfru bugg
• Translator English - Norwegian: piken bug

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAMSEL BUG»

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Texas Bug Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

DAMSEL BUG COMMON NAME: Damsel Bug SCIENTIFIC NAME: Order Heteroptera, family Damsel bug (H) Nabidae, Nabis alternatus SIZE: Adult— %" to W IDENTIFICATION: Adult bugs are tan, brown, or black; they use their distinctively ...

Howard Garrett, C. Malcolm Beck, 2005

Pests of Field Crops and Pastures: Identification and Control

Adult Damsel bug (8 mm long) on cotton leaf. (CSIRO: C. Mares) January and sometimes February. Females lay white and cylindrical eggs that are inserted in plant tissues. The eggs hatch in 8-12 days and nymphs develop within 3-4 weeks .

Peter Bailey, 2007

Insects of the Great Lakes Region

The common damsel bug, Nabis americoferus Carayon, is dull grayish yellow with an indistinct stripe down the center of the head and front of the pronotum. It is most abundant on herbaceous vegetation and grasses in fields and gardens.

Gary A. Dunn, 1996

Occurrence of the beet leafhopper and associated insects on ...

A DAMSEL BUG The damsel bug Nabis altemata, a representative of the family Nabidae, is known to be a predator of the beet leafhopper and probably includes many other species of Homoptera and Hemiptera in its diet. Its larger size, in ...

David Egbert Fox, 1938

A Dictionary of Entomology

1944, Psyche 51: 7.) BLACKBURN DAMSEL BUG Nabis black— burni White [ Hemiptera: Nabidae]. A damsel bug apparently endemic to Hawaii and widely distributed in islands of Pacific. See Nabidae. Cf. Common Damsel Bug; Pale Damsel ...

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New Zealand Journal of Zoology

A. B. S1DDIQUE* R. B. CHAPMAN Entomology Department Lincoln College Canterbury, New Zealand Abstract Investigations into the effect of prey type and quantity on the reproduction, development, and survival of Pacific damsel bug, Nabis ...

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Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits

Damsel bug nymphs and adults, Nabis spp., feed on lygus and other plant bugs, aphids, and small caterpillars. A single damsel bug can consume as many as 30 lygus bugs. The damsel bug is grayish brown, about '/s to '/: inch (10 to 12 mm) ...

University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1999

Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries

Damsel Bugs Nabis spp. damsel bug nymphs and adults feed on lygus bugs and other plant bugs, aphids, and small caterpillars. a single damsel bug can consume as many as 30 lygus bugs. damsel bugs are grayish brown, about 3⁄8 to 1⁄2 ...

Larry L. Strand, 2008

Marijuana Pest and Disease Control: How to Protect Your ...

Both larvae and adults eat a large variety ofinsect pests, including whitefly larvae and pupae. Damsel bug adult. Damsel bug nymph. Like all Hemiptera, their life cycle is a simple metamorphosis. Marijuana Pest & Disease Control 209.

Ed Rosenthal, 2012

Integrated Pest Management for Potatoes in the Western ...

Damsel bug populations are reduced by soil applications of neo- nicotinoid insecticides. Minute Pirate Bugs. Minute pirate bugs, Orius spp., are active predators that feed on all stages of mites, insect eggs, aphids, small caterpillars, and the ...

LARRY STRAND, 2006

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAMSEL BUG»

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Tim Sexton: To bee or not to bee…

Other insects like the ant damsel bug, a common species of true bug, use Batesian mimicry only in the early stages of their lifecycle ... «Nottingham Post, May 15»

Bugs don't get recognition they deserve

The aptly named ambush bug will hide in vegetation and wait for prey, while the pirate bug and damsel bug are other beneficials that fight the ... «Western Producer, Aug 14»

A Gardener's Best Friends: Seven Insects You Need In Your Garden

Caterpillars, thrips, and a number of other soft-bodied insects won't be able to escape when they end up in the clutches of a damsel bug. «Living Green Magazine, Apr 14»

What's the World's Ugliest Bug? Contest Aims to Find Out

Other ugly bug candidates include the green lacewing, flea beetle and the sweetly named but aggressive damsel bug, which catches its prey ... «LiveScience.com, Nov 11»

Ugly Bugs Compete in 'Wild West' Showdown

The roster of ugly bug candidates for the 2011 competition also includes the Bed Bug, Damsel Bug, Flea Beetle, Flower Beetle, Green ... «Newswise, Oct 11»