leaf miner
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To keep leaf miners and other pests away, simply place row covers over your beets during the insects' busiest time between May and late June. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "How to Grow Beets This Fall for a Hearty Autumn Harvest," 21 Aug. 2018 To keep leaf miners and other pests away, simply place row covers over your beets during the insects' busiest time between May and late June. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "How to Grow Beets This Fall for a Hearty Autumn Harvest," 21 Aug. 2018 To keep leaf miners and other pests away, simply place row covers over your beets during the insects' busiest time between May and late June. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "How to Grow Beets This Fall for a Hearty Autumn Harvest," 21 Aug. 2018 To keep leaf miners and other pests away, simply place row covers over your beets during the insects' busiest time between May and late June. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "How to Grow Beets This Fall for a Hearty Autumn Harvest," 21 Aug. 2018 To keep leaf miners and other pests away, simply place row covers over your beets during the insects' busiest time between May and late June. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "How to Grow Beets This Fall for a Hearty Autumn Harvest," 21 Aug. 2018 This is when citrus leaf miner moths lay their eggs that hatch into larvae to tunnel within the leaves. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Caterpillar invasion isn't end for healthy tree," 14 July 2018 To keep leaf miners and other pests away, simply place row covers over your beets during the insects' busiest time between May and late June. — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, "How (And Why) To Grow And Eat More Beets," 18 Apr. 2017 Pests controlled: Use horticultural oils to combat aphids, mites, beetles, leaf miners, caterpillars, thrips, leafhoppers, and whiteflies. — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, "The 7 Best Organic Pest Control Techniques For Your Garden," 18 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'leaf miner.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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