Especially used to control Bruchus maculatus in cowpeas. From Wordnik.com. [4. Farm and village level storage] Reference
Several species of Bruchus are held pests of pulses and may be brought into the store where they cannot develop. From Wordnik.com. [7. Important pests in storage] Reference
The Bruchus emerges, freshly clad, in its final form. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Nothing outside the bean family is of any use to the Bruchus. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Bruchus founded colonies in which the infant mortality was low. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
The larva of the Bruchus, like ourselves, dislikes the skin of the pea. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
It goes without saying that the Bruchus is not considering the gardener. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
In short, the eggs of the Bruchus are laid at random, as though on the wing. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
I am inclined to believe that the pea is not the original food plant of the Bruchus. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Such, doubtless, is the reason why the peas exploited by the Bruchus are still able to germinate. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
The Bruchus is not a sedentary inhabitant of granaries: it requires the open air, the sun, the liberty of the fields. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
If the Bruchus is really a stranger, let us regard the bean as the original food-plant; if indigenous, the large vetch. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
However far withdrawn into the centre of the pea, the Bruchus, whether larvæ or nymph, is reached by the long oviduct. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
During the first week of August, when the mature Bruchus begins to emerge, I notice a little Chalcidian, the protector of our peas. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Bruchus has emerged, leaving a large round hole of exit, the magnifying-glass will show a variable number of fine reddish punctuations, perforated in the centre. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
It is there that we ought to keep a watch on the misdeeds of the Bruchus, were it not for the fact that we are nearly always weaponless when it comes to fighting an insect. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Why should the Bruchus, which without hesitation passes from the excellent to the indifferent, and from the indifferent to the excellent, disdain this particularly toothsome seed?. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
The Bruchus knows neither the fatigues of the laborious, obliged to limit the size of her family, nor the misfortunes of the parasite, obliged to produce an exaggerated number of offspring. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Shall we credit it to the Bruchus?. From Wordnik.com. [Social Life in the Insect World] Reference
Bruchus. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
Bruchus. From Wordnik.com. [Suidae Lexicon, Græce & Latine] Reference
Bruchus. ". From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Bruchus, 188. From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
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