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Orius. The genus Orius (commonly called minute pirate bug) consists of omnivorous bugs in the family Anthocoridae (pirate bugs). Adults are 2–5 mm long and feed mostly on smaller insects, larva and eggs, such as spider mites, thrips, jumping plant lice, [1] and white fly, but will also feed on pollen and vascular sap. [2]
Orius insidiosus. ( Say, 1832) [1] Orius insidiosus, common name the insidious flower bug, [2] is a species of minute pirate bug, a predatory insect in the order Hemiptera (the true bugs). They are considered beneficial, as they feed on small pest arthropods and their eggs. [3] [4] They are mass-reared for use in the biological control of thrips.
In the Zork series of games, the Great Underground Empire has its own system of measurements, the most frequently referenced of which is the bloit. Defined as the distance the king's favorite pet can run in one hour (spoofing a popular legend about the history of the foot), the length of the bloit varies dramatically, but the one canonical conversion to real-world units puts it at ...
Mercedes and Jonathan Sandhu, the Texas couple who welcomed identical quadruplets on May 1, have an exciting announcement: All four babies are home! Hannah Grace, Lucy Marie, Rebecca Claire and ...
Running time. 83 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Dancing Pirate is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It is the third film shot in the three strip Technicolor process and the first musical in that format. Produced by the makers of Becky Sharp, the film was based on the December 1930 Colliers ...
Two-Minute Warning. Two-Minute Warning is a 1976 action thriller film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands, and David Janssen. It was based on the novel of the same name written by George LaFountaine [ fr]. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for ...
Anthocoridae is a family of bugs, commonly called minute pirate bugs or flower bugs. Worldwide there are 500-600 species. Worldwide there are 500-600 species. [1]
A four-minute mile is the completion of a mile run (1.6 km) in four minutes or less. It translates to a speed of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). [1] It is a standard of professional middle distance runners in several cultures. The first four-minute mile is usually attributed to the English athlete Roger Bannister, who ran it in 1954 at age 25, in ...