borer
Example Sentences
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Ideally, he'd plant a variety that could resist the coffee berry borer, a beetle that feasts on coffee cherries, and that would ripen with greater uniformity.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
Durbin described the goldspotted oak borer as “just like a cancer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
This was the work of the goldspotted oak borer, explained Durbin, forestry division chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
Some of the earliest efforts to use urban wood systemically started in the Midwest in the early 2000s, as the invasive emerald ash borer killed millions of ash trees.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
Since that time 24 species of parasites of the corn borer have been brought in from Europe and the Orient at considerable expense.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
