Insectary

Word INSECTARY
Character 9
Hyphenation in sec ta ry
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Definitions and meanings of "Insectary"

What do we mean by insectary?

A place for keeping, breeding, or observing living insects. noun

Same as insectarium. noun

A place for keeping living insects. noun

A place for keeping living insects. noun

A place for keeping living insects.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Insectary

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The word "insectary" in example sentences

The long road to this point began more than a decade ago at the Walter Reed insectary, a sort of mosquito hothouse where millions of mosquitoes are bred deep inside a building at the institute's Silver Spring campus. ❋ Eric Niiler (2010)

Every week or so, he sticks his arm into a screened cage containing more than a hundred mosquitoes in a hot and humid room called the "insectary." ❋ Unknown (2008)

He was a technician at the government insectary on the outskirts of Savannah. ❋ Berendt, John (1994)

The insectary is about the size of a large closet with metal shelves floor to ceiling. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Chickens control aphids and beetles, there are bee hives and a beneficial insectary garden. ❋ Carey Sweet (2011)

At Benziger in Sonoma County, Calif., the vehicles run on biofuels, all wastewater is cleaned and recycled, there is an insectary to promote habitat for pest-controlling insects, and bird perches for raptors, owls and bluebirds to keep the rodents in check. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The plan is to create an insectary - a collection of noninvasive wildflowers to attract good bugs - to circle the fig trees. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Therefore, Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes (Sda500 strain) were raised at 28°C, 75% humidity, under a 13/11 h light/dark cycle and maintained on 10% sucrose solution and 10 µg para-aminobenzoic acid in a standard insectary. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Island, installation of drip irrigation for native plantings at Capay Open Space Park, insectary hedgerow maintenance at Pacific Star Gardens near Woodland, and checking drip irrigation lines and monitoring Blue Oak survival at Bobcat Ranch near Winters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The insectary is one of only five such facilities in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He has helped to lay the groundwork for development of a new research insectary at the UC center in 2011. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In a humid insectary that resembles a walk-in safe, O'Brochta pulls out a bucket swarming with Anopheles gambiae, the species that drives malaria in Africa. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The beetles were provided without cost to the town of Palisade by the insectary as a gift for their continuing support of agriculture. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Small releases in Mesa County were successful, and beetles from the state insectary have been released on the Western Slope every year since. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That's not unusual, said Bean, with the state insectary. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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