Examples of borer in a Sentence
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Lessons learned from the war on the oak borer could be applied to future invaders.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
An Emerald ash borer will be represented as well, the bug that killed this Ash tree.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Big black beetles with long antennae might be skittering around your yard or patio this time of year, but fear not: These are just the relatively harmless palo verde beetles, also known as palo verde root borers.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2024
Pests including carpenter worm, sap beetle, and fig tree borer can prevent a fig tree from growing properly.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
But these aggressive ants also attack other pests, including coffee’s main insect pest—coffee berry borer.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
To avert a fig tree borer infestation, use a net around the base of the tree to stop this pest from laying eggs near the fig tree.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
So coffee plants that have scale insects are better protected from coffee borer than those without, because these are foraging places for ants.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
Larger fresh woodchips can bring deadly borers into your garden.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
An Emerald ash borer will be represented as well, the bug that killed this Ash tree.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Big black beetles with long antennae might be skittering around your yard or patio this time of year, but fear not: These are just the relatively harmless palo verde beetles, also known as palo verde root borers.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2024
Pests including carpenter worm, sap beetle, and fig tree borer can prevent a fig tree from growing properly.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
But these aggressive ants also attack other pests, including coffee’s main insect pest—coffee berry borer.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
To avert a fig tree borer infestation, use a net around the base of the tree to stop this pest from laying eggs near the fig tree.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
So coffee plants that have scale insects are better protected from coffee borer than those without, because these are foraging places for ants.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
Larger fresh woodchips can bring deadly borers into your garden.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
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“Borer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borer. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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