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- Pest control (3130 bytes)
1: ...es]] defined as a [[pest]], usually because it is detrimental to a person's [[health]], the [[ecology]...
3: ...ntrol is at least as old as [[agriculture]]. In order to maximize food production, it is necessary to ...
5: ...mixed cropping, and the [[selective breeding]] of pest-resistant [[cultivar]]s also have a long history.
7: ...l-donotfeed-amoswolfe.jpg|thumb|Seagulls can be a pest - Do Not Feed them!]]
9: ...posed. Fly killers or fly traps are often used to deal with them in homes and businesses.
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- Raccoon (4751 bytes)
14: ...a [[mammal]] native to [[the Americas]]. Its name derives from the [[Algonquian]] word ''aroughcoune''...
16: ...5.5 to 9.5 kg (12 to 21 pounds), the largest recorded being over 28 kg (61 pounds) [http://www.nature....
24: ...the largest animals to have adapted well to human development.
27: ...ay still have behavorial problems like biting and destructive and messy play. Raccoons are [[nocturnal...
29: ...vity and released often do not adapt to life outside. - Canna lily (3803 bytes)
15: ...ated; the leaves are typically green but may be a deep maroon instead.
17: ...pests. In areas which go below about -15°C (5°F) in the winter, the [[rhizome]]s (horizontal r...
19: ...reezing winter the leaf roller is not typically a pest.
26: Canna is grown for human consumption in the [[Andes]] and also in [[Vietnam]] and southern [[China]]...
30: ...e very popular as a garden plant and were grown widely in [[France]], [[Hungary]] and the [[United Kin... - Apple (20408 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Maloideae]]}}
16: ...the family [[Rosaceae]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the...
23: ...t affect domestic apples, and research with it to develop new disease-resistant apples is continuing.
25: ...ave been used in some recent breeding programs to develop apples suitable for growing in climates unsu...
27: ... the earliest tree to be cultivated. To a greater degree than other tree fruit, except possibly [[citr... - Moth (5332 bytes)
10: ...y related to the [[butterfly]]. Both are of the order [[Lepidoptera]].
19: [[Image:IL_240E_moth.jpg|thumb|Moth image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
20: ...rpillars are a major [[agriculture|agricultural]] pest in many parts of the world. The catepillar of the...
22: ...ne]] (the chemical used in [[mothball]]s) is considered more effective, but there are concerns over it...
24: ...turdy and usually require larger amount of pesticide to kill them than mosquitos or flies. - Wasp (3838 bytes)
3: ... caterpillar.jpg|thumb|200px]] | caption = ''Aleiodes indiscretus''<br>parasitizing gypsy moth caterpi...
15: ...[ant]]. Less familiar, the suborder Symphyta includes the [[sawfly|sawflies]] and wood wasps, which di...
17: ... can mate, whilst the majority of the colony is made up of sterile female workers.
19: ...asitic species, the first meals are almost always derived from the host in which the larvae grow.
21: ...ir young. In many social species, the larvae provide sweet secretions that are consumed by adults. Adu... - Bee (11175 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = '''Apoidea'''}}
25: [[Image:Bee5.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
27: ...[[nectar]] from [[flower]]s. Bees have antennae made up of thirteen segments in males and twelve in fe...
31: There are over 16,000 described species, and possibly around 30,000 specie...
39: ...Image:Bee2.jpg|thumb|right|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ... [[landlocked]] country in [[Central Europe]], bordered by [[Austria]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ukraine]], [[R...
15: capital = [[Budapest]] |
17: largest_city = [[Budapest]] |
18: government_type= Democratic [[republic]] |
19: leader_titles = [[President of Hungary|President]]<br><br>[[Prime minister of Hungary|Prime mini... - Beekeeping (6363 bytes)
3: A '''beekeeper''' is one who keeps [[bee]]s in order to collect [[honey]] and [[beeswax]] or for the ...
9: ... was particularly well developed in Egypt and was dealt with by the Roman writers [[Virgil]], [[Gaius ...
10: ...n.jpg|left|250px|Bee loaded with pollen.Image provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
11: ...osmetic]]s, wood polish and for modelling. The modern use of hive products has not changed much.
13: ...rniolan honeybee]]s and [[caucasian bee]]s were added. - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
3: ...arming''', while scientists, inventors and others devoted to improving farming methods and implements ...
11: ...red to as [[factory farming]]) long prevalent in "developed" nations and increasingly so elsewhere, wh...
15: ...[[timber]] or lumber, [[fertilizer]]s, [[animal hides]], [[leather]], industrial chemicals ([[starch]]...
17: ...chanization has decreased labor requirements. The developing world generally produce lower yields, hav...
19: Modern agriculture depends heavily on engineering and technology and on... - Cockroach (5997 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = '''Blattodea'''}}
19: ...infesting buildings, cockroaches are considered [[pest]]s.
22: ...e in close association with human dwellings and widely found around garbage or in the kitchen.
26: ...hat continue inflating themselves with air and harden and darken within about four hours. Their transi...
28: ...40 eggs. She drops the capsule prior to hatching. Development from eggs to adults takes 3-4 months. Co... - Deer (6737 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Deer}}
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[image:Deervelvet.jpg|250px]] | caption = }}
14: ...order]] [[Artiodactyla]], are often also called ''deer''.
16: ...ession for a stag, particularly a [[Red deer|Red Deer]] stag past its fifth year. It is not commonly ...
18: ...]] in early 1900s (a gift from United States President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]) have been largely domes... - Armadillo (3358 bytes)
14: ...States]], the sole resident armadillo is the 9-banded armadillo, which is most common in the central s...
16: ...ws to burrow both to feed on [[grub]]s and to dig dens in moist soil near the creeks, streams, and [[a...
18: ...er it. This is an example of an animal's reflex made useless, obsolete, and counterproductive by human...
22: ...eup in the testees. This phenomenon of multiple identical birth, called polyembryony, only manifests ...
24: .../tx/symbols/smallmammal/]where it is considered a pest. - Badger (5174 bytes)
11: ...ubdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Suborders]]}}
12: ''[[Mydeus]]''<br>
17: ''[[Taxidea]]''
19: .... Typical badgers (''Meles'', ''Arctonyx'', ''Taxidea'' and ''Mellivora'' species) are short-legged an...
25: ...e badgers often walked on sloping ground on the sides of hills! - Beaver (4858 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rodent]]ia}}
12: ''[[American Beaver|C. canadensis]]''<br />
15: [[Image:Beaver_02.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
17: '''Beavers''' are semi-aquatic [[rodent]]s native to [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. ...
20: ...ial pond. They are the second largest group of rodents, after the [[capybara]], with adult specimens ... - Cotton plant (5639 bytes)
19: ...reum'' and ''G. herbaceum'' (Asia), and ''G. barbadense'' ([[Egypt]]). While the lint naturally occurs...
23: ...tton]] fibers, used to manufacture [[cloth]], are derived from the fruit of the cotton plant. The foll...
25: * ''Gossypium barbadense'' L. – Creole cotton or Sea island cotto...
31: ...''Ma‘o'' or Hawaiian cotton, is a species endemic to the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. The seed hairs (l...
36: ==Cotton pests and diseases== - Tiger (11674 bytes)
15: ..., to the poaching for the fur, tiger numbers have decreased in size and have been placed on the endang...
23: ...tually a silvery-grey tone, though no reliable evidence has been found.
25: ...urpose of stripes is [[camouflage]], serving to hide these animals from their prey (few large animals ...
35: ...ese are the surviving subspecies, in descending order of wild population:
37: ...iving in India and Bangladesh. These tigers are under severe pressure from both habitat reduction and ... - Insect (14296 bytes)
2: ....jpg|300px|Honeybee]] | caption = [[Honeybee]] (order [[Hymenoptera]])}}
9: ...ion_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Orders}}
17: * [[Diaphanopteroidea]] - ''extinct''
24: ** [[Blattodea]] (cockroaches)
25: ** [[Mantodea]] (mantids) - Annual plant (3528 bytes)
3: ...tting seed. Some seedless plants can also be considered annuals even though they do not flower.
5: In gardening, annual often refers to a plant grown outdoor...
6: ...to]], [[sweet potato]] and [[bell pepper]] are tender perennials usually grown as annuals.
8: ...f bloom than hardy herbaceous perennials. Some tender perennials commonly grown as annuals are [[impat...
10: ... of fluorescent lamps in a school classroom. Many desert annuals are termed ephemerals because their s... - Sulfur (18059 bytes)
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12: {{Elementbox_density_gpcm3nrt | (gamma) 1.92 }}
13: {{Elementbox_densityliq_gpcm3mp | 1.819 }} - Tin (12094 bytes)
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4: {| align="center" border="0"
24: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
41: | [[van der Waals radius]]
50: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]])
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