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  Vector (biology)

  Traditionally in medicine, a vector is an organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another. Species of mosquito, for example, ... > more
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  Mountain pine beetle

  The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North ... > more
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  Seaweed

  Phycologists consider seaweed to refer any of a large number of marine benthic algae that are multicellular, macrothallic (large-bodied), and thus differentiated from most algae that tend to be ... > more
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  Biological pest control

  Biological control of pests and diseases is a method of controlling pests and diseases in agriculture that relies on natural predation rather than introduced ... > more
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  Japanese beetle

  The Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) is a beetle about 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) long and 1 cm (0.4 inches) wide (smaller in Canada), with shiny copper-colored elytra and a shiny green top of the thorax ... > more
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  Colorado potato beetle

  The Colorado potato beetle has also been known as the Colorado beetle, Ten-striped spearman, the Ten-lined potato beetle, and it can easily be confused with its close cousin the False Potato ... > more
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  Oak

  The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus, and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. The ... > more
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  Poison ivy

  Poison ivy is a woody vine that is well-known for its ability to produce urushiol, a skin irritant which for most people will cause an agonizing, itching rash. Poison ivy grows vigorously throughout ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
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  Africanized bee

  Africanized bees, also known as killer bees, are hybrids of the African honeybee with various European honeybees descended from 26 Tanzanian queen bees accidentally released in 1957 in Southern ... > more
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  Characteristics of common wasps and bees

  There are many different characteristics of bees and wasps. Wasps and bees can be identified by a number of factors including color, coat, size, leg visibility when flying, behavior and ... > more

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