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Life in the Mainstream
... are often too shady or too turbulent to support much microscopic algae or to allow larger plants to take root. So where do the plants of the stream come from? They ... deposited by the slower-moving current. With fearsome hinged jaws that jut out to capture prey, dragonfly and damselfly nymphs snatch other insects and even small fishes. Fish like bass and ...
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On-Line Glossary: S
... of the spray to the sprayed surface. (11) stipe. The stalk-like portion of some larger ascocarps or basidiocarps; any spore-bearing stalk. (15) stoma. 1. In plants: Aperture in the ... . (Pl. stromata.) (15) stylet. In nematodes: Hollow protrusible spear used to puncture plants or animal prey. (14) stylet knob. One of the (usually three) basal protuberances of the stylet. (14) stylospore ...
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Bamboo - Southeast Chapter - Sample SEC Newsletter
... €™t a major problem since there are so many organisms that prey on them, but they can appear in an occasional outbreak ... course the old standby, hand-picking, is useful for controlling the larger, slower-moving bamboo pests in small groves and on specimen ... delivered via root drench, which requires less labor, but causes a larger release of pesticides into the environment, since any pesticide that ...
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Treehouses on the Tree of Life
... Giant, Market and Pygmy squids. The game allows children to act out the squids' predator-prey behavior and should be played as a group. The "Red" Green Algae: Watermelon Snow Although ... the Tree of Life gave students a unique opportunity to publish their work for a larger audience. Sonoran Desert Organism Investigations Students at Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson, AZ created ...
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Lab Manual Exercise #10B
... Heteroptera) is a fierce predator and may capture insects much larger than itself. With is strong raptorial forelegs it grasps it prey while injecting venom with it tubular sucking mouthparts. I have ... head that resemble their tail. A predatory bird swooping down on its prey might miss its capture when the prey suddenly moves in an unexpected (backwards) direction. Automimicry is well developed in ...
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Beetles
... slow sweeping arcs throughout the foothills, keeping close to the ground in search of the larger, flightless females. They are attracted by a pheromone (chemical sexual attractant) emitted by the female ... calosoma (Calosoma semilaeve), a large beetle that runs free during daytime hours in search of prey. When disturbed or threatened it emits a foul oder that smells like burning electrical insulation ...
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Kitten's Tail
... to highlight this plant’s “cute” factor, although a much larger relative, Acalypha hispida, is commonly known as red-hot cat’s ... length. A. hispaniolae is much smaller, but with flower clusters that are larger and more deeply colored than those of A. pendula. Both A. hispida ... a proud family. It won’t prowl out of bounds and prey on the space that our native plants need. Instead, it will ...
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American Chestnut Foundation - The Wildlife Connection: The Goshawk
... wings and tail, it darts among low branches and sinks knife-sharp talons in its prey. Because this happened a century ago, we can be assured that the ever-dependable American ... boreal homeland and a winter scarcity of food. The goshawk is one of our larger birds of prey, equal in size to the red-tailed hawk. Its comparatively shorter wings and long ...
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History of Barbados
... in 1596. They were incredibly accurate bowmen and used a powerful poison to paralyze their prey. (History of Barbados). Portugese The Portugese came to Barbados en route to Brazil. It was ... the Caribs' existence (History of Barbados). Spain, however, passed Barbados over in favour of the larger Caribbean islands (History of European Overseas Exploration and Empires). This left the island open for ...
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Glasshouses - Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
... to the public) The Conservatory gives further opportunities for thematic displays but on a much larger scale. The Conservatory has some permanent plantings to give a background but most is occupied ... insect protein. Carnivorous plants have evolved several times and use different methods to trap their prey – sticky glandular leaf hairs in Drosera, slimy leaf surfaces in Pinguicula, leaf pitchers in ...
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