0 an insect with a hard shell-like back:
2 a brand name for a small car with a rounded front, top, and back, made by the company Volkswagen
3 any of various insects with a hard, shell-like back
Immediately before slugs were introduced, the drip irrigation system was removed as it could have provided an escape route for the slugs or beetles.
Granivores were even able to locate seeds from which dung beetles had removed the surrounding faeces.
We found an increase in the number of fruits produced when inflorescences were visited by more than one beetle.
Attention has focused almost exclusively on adult beetles, probably because their larvae are conspicuously missing from tropical foliage.
However, the present authors tentatively conclude that diving beetles may emigrate due to density-dependent effects when their populations reach certain but unknown threshold levels.
The availability of alternative prey may have affected the quantities of slug consumed, but clearly did not prevent the beetles from reducing slug populations.
Marked similarities are reported between complexes of the natural enemies associated with bark beetles in different parts of the world.
In other words, they enacted (5a) non-causatively, moving the elephant by itself, and enacted (5b) causatively, making the rhinoceros push the beetle.
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甲蟲, 匆忙趕住, (福斯汽車公司生產的)金龜車…
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甲虫, 匆忙赶往, (大众汽车公司生产的)甲壳虫汽车…
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escarabajo, escarabajo [masculine]…
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besouro…
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甲虫(カブトムシやクワガタムシなど)…
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çoğunlukla sert parlak ve siyah kabuksu vücudu olan bir böcek…
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scarabée [masculine], coléoptère, scarabée…
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escarabat…
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