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Copper sheathing was used on wooden ships in the latter 18th century and afterwards, as a method of preventing damage by teredo worms. The first historically documented use of copper sheathing was experiments held by the British Royal Navy with HMS Alarm , which was coppered in 1761 and thoroughly inspected after a two-year cruise.
Enzymes produced by the tiny creatures are able to break down woody cellulose and turn it into energy-rich sugars meaning that gribble could convert wood and straw into liquid biofuel." [ 6 ] One particular enzyme produced in a special organ in the body of the gribble called the hepatopancreas and secreted into its gut has recently been ...
Simple split-rail fence Log fence with double posts (photo taken in 1938). A split-rail fence, log fence, or buck-and-rail fence (also historically known as a Virginia, zigzag, worm, snake or snake-rail fence due to its meandering layout) is a type of fence constructed in the United States and Canada, and is made out of timber logs, usually split lengthwise into rails and typically used for ...
The mycophagous phase of the life cycle takes place in dead or dying wood, where the nematodes live and feed upon fungi, rather than the wood itself. The nematode cannot travel outside of the wood independently; it must be transported by an insect vector. B. xylophilus has the shortest life cycle of any known parasitic nematode. In laboratory ...
Clavaria fragilis, commonly known as fairy fingers, white worm coral, or white spindles, is a species of fungus in the family Clavariaceae. It is synonymous with Clavaria vermicularis . The fungus is the type species of the genus Clavaria and is a typical member of the clavarioid or club fungi.
In polychaetes, these papillae are tiny, fleshy projections on the worm's body or parapodia, often associated with sensory and locomotive functions. [2] Some papillae have sensory receptors to help the worm detect environmental changes , such as touch, water currents , or chemical signals, and support movement by working with parapodia to aid ...
Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.It is known in Europe as the small white, in North America as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, [note 1] on several continents as the small cabbage white, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly. [2]
Worm grunting is the act of vibrating a wooden stake that has been driven into soil to bring worms to the surface where they can be collected by hand. [33] Another way to remove invasive earthworms are mustard pours. Mustard pours are 1 gallon of water and 1/3 cup ground yellow mustard seed mixed together.