Thesaurus entry: bug

Thesaurus entry: bug
The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English;      268 words ... ... xA0; 1. bitten by bugs synonyms : insect, beetle ... an illness caused by a bug | he's caught a bug synonyms : bacterium, germ, virus ... s caught the dancing bug synonyms : craze, fad ... 4. get rid of all the bugs in the machine synonyms ...

Article: Bugs for real.(facts about bugs)(Cover Story)
Ranger Rick;  June 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... insects by their mouthparts. Bugs suck. Really. A bug's mouthparts are shaped like ... eat ants--but love to eat bugs. A bug that looks like an ant is a ... that batch of eggs. LET'S BUG DAD Most male bugs have nothing to do with taking ...

Article: The bugs that aren't.(pill bugs)
Highlights for Children;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... it isn't really a "bug" at all. All true bugs are very different animals ... You can also watch pill bugs drink water. Place a pill bug or two in a shallow pan ... many myths about pill bugs. Some thought that a pill bug in the house would bring ...

Article: Bugs cause big stink in the Big Lick: Entomologists say ...
Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA);  September 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... received more stink bug related calls this ... For homeowners, the bugs are like in-laws ... brown marmorated stink bug could be a big threat ... fruit." Other stink bugs savor fruit too ... the brown marmorated bug left natural enemies behind. For many stink bugs, an important natural ...

Article: Bugs give organic farms big problems.(Agriculture)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  November 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... appearance to box elder bugs, the brown marmorated stink bug has no known natural ... plants, but a stink bug infestation could ... control the stink bugs might harm biological ... The Asian stink bug is active from late ... Like box elder bugs and ladybird beetles ...

Article: Bugs power scientist's drive; U of T researcher works with ...
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  September 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... metabolism of enough species of bugs, he can build a community ... line. If he can find a bug that converts banana peels ... the metal-breathing bug, which could convert ... community of, well, bugs. This is what consumes ... his fascination with a bug's diet has taken over ...

Article: Bugs That Go Through Computer Screens
The Washington Post;  March 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... office. I picked up the bug by visiting Intelytics ... During the test, the bug sent copies of two personal ... are benign uses for Web bugs, too. Electronic tags ... monitor and thwart Web bugs. The Privacy Foundation also is testing a Web-bug detection program (with ...