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Definition of Overwinters
1. overwinter [v] - See also: overwinter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overwinters
Literary usage of Overwinters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1908)
"... overwinters in the adult form, having been taken in or close to woods from
... overwinters in the nymphal stages, the nymphs being rather common in late ..."
2. A Manual of Dangerous Insects Likely to be Introduced in the United States by United States Bureau of Entomology (1918)
"Pupates in July in earth. Larva 33 mm. long; blue-green in color, marked with
white spots; three white dorsal lines; head whitish green. overwinters as egg. ..."
3. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"For example, the Trichogramma wasp, sometimes used to control codling moth,
overwinters in the egg of its host, but codling moth overwinters as a larva, ..."
4. Pacific Northwest Agricultural Insect & Plant Disease Study Manual by Hugh W. Homan, Russell W. Clausen (1998)
"Some years there is little or no infection and other years the disease can be
devastating. The bacterium overwinters in cankers on host plants and is spread ..."
5. Management Guide for Low-Input Sustainable Apple Production by Lorraine P. Berkett (1994)
"The speckled green fruitworm overwinters in the pupal stage underground; while
the humped green fruitworm overwinters in the egg stage. ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... who has charge of the Bust Survey now in progress in the Mississippi Valley,
stated that the survey so far had indicated that stem rust overwinters in ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"The question of how the house-fly overwinters in this latitude was said to be
still undecided. It was pointed out that flies were not killed by the first ..."
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