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Another telltale sign of thrips presence is the gift of frass specks glued to the leaf; frass is the term for insect excrement.
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Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
In a pilot experiment, those combinations ranged from zero frass and all regolith to all frass and no regolith, covering percentages in between.
—Sarah Scoles, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
Separately, producers mix the larvae’s frass, or debris from its digestion, with a microbial inoculant extracted from the black soldier flies.
—Catherine Wang, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Sawdust-like material called frass found on the ground around the tree or on the branches.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
However, some people do develop an allergy to their frass, or poop, says Diepenbrock.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 31 July 2023
The insect larvae feed on organic materials and the resulting frass, or excrement, produces a soil amendment rich in nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Apr. 2023
This is the frass secreted by the borer.
—oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
One example is the skipper caterpillar, which can shoot solid pellets of its waste, known as frass, over a distance up to 38 times its body length to keep predators off its tail.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2023
Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
In a pilot experiment, those combinations ranged from zero frass and all regolith to all frass and no regolith, covering percentages in between.
—Sarah Scoles, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
Separately, producers mix the larvae’s frass, or debris from its digestion, with a microbial inoculant extracted from the black soldier flies.
—Catherine Wang, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Sawdust-like material called frass found on the ground around the tree or on the branches.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
However, some people do develop an allergy to their frass, or poop, says Diepenbrock.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 31 July 2023
The insect larvae feed on organic materials and the resulting frass, or excrement, produces a soil amendment rich in nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Apr. 2023
This is the frass secreted by the borer.
—oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
One example is the skipper caterpillar, which can shoot solid pellets of its waste, known as frass, over a distance up to 38 times its body length to keep predators off its tail.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Frass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frass. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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