insect net

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• insect net — noun A light hand held net for catching insects • • • Main Entry: ↑insect …   Useful english dictionary

• Insect fighting — is a blood sport involving insects. It is practised in areas in China and Thailand. There are people who train and fight their insects against other insects in underground fighting arenas. Insect fighting is a traditional Chinese pastime that… …   Wikipedia

• net-winged beetle — ▪ insect       any of some 2,800 species of soft bodied, brightly coloured, predominately tropical beetles (insect order Coleoptera) whose wing covers, or elytra, are broader at the tip than at the base and are characterized by a raised network… …   Universalium

• net-winged — net′ winged adj. ent (of an insect) having netlike wing veins • Etymology: 1885–90 …   From formal English to slang

• Insect collecting — Beetle collection at the Melbourne Museum, Australia Insect collecting is the collection of insects for hobby, scientific study or profit. Historically insect collecting has been widespread and a very popular educational hobby. Insect collecting… …   Wikipedia

• Insect repellent — Mosquito on a bottle of herbal mosquito repellent. An insect repellent is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. There are also… …   Wikipedia

• Insect evolution — The relationships of insects to other animal groups remain unclear. Although more traditionally grouped with millipedes and centipedes, evidence has emerged favouring closer evolutionary ties with the crustaceans. In the Pancrustacea theory,… …   Wikipedia

• net-veined — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. of a leaf : having netted or reticulated veins 2. : having a fine network of veins a net veined wing * * * /net vaynd /, adj. Bot. having branched veins that form a network, as the leaves of most dicotyledonous plants. Cf …   Useful english dictionary

• sweep-net — sweepˈ net or sweepˈ seine noun 1. A long net paid out in a curve and dragged ashore 2. An insect net with a handle • • • Main Entry: ↑sweep …   Useful english dictionary

• Mosquito net — Ceiling hung mosquito netting. Frame hung mosquito netting …   Wikipedia

• Sterile insect technique — is a method of biological control, whereby millions of sterile insects are released. The released insects are normally male as it is the female that causes the damage, usually by laying eggs in the crop, or, in the case of mosquitoes, taking a… …   Wikipedia