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Examples
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Laricobius nigrinus, searching for hemlock woolly adelgid, on the twig of a hemlock tree, just after being released in the Finger Lakes National Forest.
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The beetle, called Laricobius nigrinus, appears to be more successful at eating the bad bugs in New England than a similar beetle native to Washington state.
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The beetle, called Laricobius nigrinus, appears to be more successful at eating the bad bugs in New England than a similar beetle native to Washington state.
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The beetle, called Laricobius nigrinus, appears to be more successful at eating the bad bugs in New England than a similar beetle native to Washington state.
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The beetle, called Laricobius nigrinus, appears to be more successful at eating the bad bugs in New England than a similar beetle native to Washington state.
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The authority could request the department's help and that might include putting the Laricobius nigrinus beetle into the forest.
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But L. nigrinus beetles have synchronous life cycles with the HWA, and they feed and grow during winter.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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"People have been studying L. nigrinus for a long time and have established that it will feed only on adelgids and successfully reproduce only on a diet of HWA."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The authority could request the department's help and that might include putting the Laricobius nigrinus beetle into the forest.
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The authority could request the department's help and that might include putting the Laricobius nigrinus beetle into the forest.
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