How To Use Honeydew In A Sentence

  • Like aphids, they also excrete honeydew, attracting black sooty mold fungus.
  • The sugary excrement, called honeydew, is often consumed by ants.
  • A cantaloupe doesn't have the smooth sheen of a honeydew or the artistic green striations of a watermelon.
  • In return they feed on a secretion made by the aphid, called honeydew.
  • Soft scale is another insect that sucks sap and makes its host plants sticky with honeydew and the associated sooty mould.
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  • Mealybugs, aphids and whiteflies also eliminate honeydew, creating ideal conditions for sooty mold.
  • Surprisingly, two studies have reported considerable amounts of Further, aphids and other phloem feeders produce honeydew which is an important source of carbohydrates for sugar feeding arthropods, including hymenopteran parasitoids and aphid predators PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The ants consume the honeydew as food, thus sustaining the life of both insects.
  • Formica rufa is an aggressive ant species that preys on a range of invertebrate insects as well as collecting honeydew produced by aphids.
  • Place limeade, sake, lychee and honeydew in a food processor or blender and process or blend until pureed, about 1-2 minutes. Pour mixture through a medium strainer.
  • Until the soil temperature is 65 degrees, you might as well not even bother planting watermelons, honeydew or muskmelons because the seeds just won't germinate.
  • First, they produce copious quantities of a sugary, sticky liquid called honeydew which collects over the bunches and foliage, and on which fungus grows, often giving it a sooty appearance.
  • And it looked like a cucumber and tasted like a mild honeydew.
  • Until the soil temperature is 65 degrees, you might as well not even bother planting watermelons, honeydew or muskmelons because the seeds just won't germinate.
  • I could smell the sweet aroma of honeydew trees wafting softly on the gentle breeze.
  • Often black sooty mold grows on the honeydew, but this mold can be gently washed off.
  • Many species of membracid treehoppers, especially in the tropics, have mutualistic relationships with honeydew-harvesting ants.
  • Frederick smiles calmly, and takes a honeydew melon and lays it on the table.
  • Sweet tooths will savour the slices of fresh cantaloupe, honeydew melon and pineapple that can be drizzled with melted chocolate sauce.
  • Like mealy bugs, aphids excrete honeydew which gives leaf surfaces a shiny appearance and supports the formation of sooty mold.
  • The adults of most species feed on nectar and honeydew produced by aphids and other sucking insects like leafhoppers, whiteflies and mealybugs.
  • Cap off the meal with a cup of cubed honeydew, cantaloupe or watermelon.
  • The yellow-and-black, bee-sized common wasps are also found in other types of forests but are most concentrated in honeydew beech forest, where, thanks to their voracity, they have largely displaced German wasps.
  • A cantaloupe doesn't have the smooth sheen of a honeydew or the artistic green striations of a watermelon.
  • Good sources include mango, orange, red and orange peppers, nectarines, papaya, squash and honeydew melon.
  • These astonishing creatures squirt formic acid to defend themselves, farm aphids for honeydew, and make so much noise on a warm day that you can hear them marching.
  • It may cover beech trees so thoroughly that their pale gray bark turns as black as charcoal, with new honeydew drops shining on top.
  • Having assured my fellow-traveller of my unqualified approbation of all I had witnessed, there was a short pause, during which he employed himself in cutting from a cake of honeydew a small plug about half an inch square; this went to replace one which he deposited unpleasantly near my feet. The Civil War in America
  • Bell-birds and tuis - forest birds in the nectar-feeding family called honeyeaters - have brushlike tongues that enable them to lap up honeydew drops easily.
  • Termites tend fungus gardens, leaf cutter ants make underground compost heaps and many species of other ants tend and protect aphids for their honeydew.
  • The cake I tried was so sweet that my gums shrank away from my teeth on the first bite, so I was happy to dig into a fresh fruit and yoghurt salad, along with slices of cantaloupe, honeydew melon and pineapple.
  • The special Sago Honey is the combination of honeydew juice sago, this sweet - to - tougue drink suits ladies.
  • Lutein is found in spinach, leeks, peas, kiwi fruits, black grapes and romaine lettuce, while rich sources of zeaxanthin include sweetcorn, red peppers, nectarines, papaya and honeydew melon.
  • Keep an eye out for ants, who ‘farm’ aphids for the honeydew they excrete and will carry them to other plants in the garden.
  • When the farmer tried to diversify to honeydew melons for export, he was told by his prospective American client that the produce did not meet their specifications.
  • Bell-birds and tuis - forest birds in the nectar-feeding family called honeyeaters - have brushlike tongues that enable them to lap up honeydew drops easily.
  • Arrange a pyramid of watermelon, honeydew, and cantaloupe rounds in the center and sprinkle with salt.
  • But what they really want to eat is gammon steak, onion rings and honeydew melon.
  • This is honeydew, which is excreted by the insect.
  • Start with our Fresh Melon - a quarter of juicy honeydew melon, served with a twisted orange slice and strawberry garnish.
  • Research shows that bananas, cantaloupes, cucumbers, honeydew, watermelon, and zucchini, as well as chamomile and echinacea, contain proteins in their pollen that resemble the pollen found in ragweed.
  • Garnish with slice of honeydew melon and cherries.
  • They feed on honeydew excreted by other insects and then lay eggs just beneath the apples' skins.
  • The adults of most species feed on nectar and honeydew produced by aphids and other sucking insects like leafhoppers, whiteflies and mealybugs.
  • The other lab-experiment dessert utilizes what they call compressed fruit, which to me looks like cantaloupe and honeydew cubes with cold melon soup and a few flowers in a cool asymmetrical bowl. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • Often black sooty mold grows on the honeydew, but this mold can be gently washed off.
  • Lutein is found in spinach, leeks, peas, kiwi fruits, black grapes and romaine lettuce, while rich sources of zeaxanthin include sweetcorn, red peppers, nectarines, papaya and honeydew melon.
  • Nearby, vendors sell homegrown tomatoes, honeydew melons, apples, large southern cherries, as well as imported pineapples, oranges, and bananas.
  • This is sooty mold that grows on the honeydew that aphids excrete.
  • Choose a melon that's heavy and relatively firm, but not-rock hard (except for honeydew melons).
  • Feeding on homopterous honeydew is a logical extension of the typical nectar-feeding habit of adult Lepidoptera.
  • However, I would like to know if there is a way to rinse the honeydew from the scale and the associated black soot mold from the leaves of the magnolia?
  • As the scale attacks the foliage, it eliminates a clear, sticky substance called honeydew.
  • Also reliant on honeydew are the threatened New Zealand parrots known as kaka.
  • Aphids are well known for their production of honeydew, a sugary liquid excreted in great abundance by these sap-feeding insects.
  • Most adult lacewings get their sustenance from pollen, nectar, and the honeydew produced by aphids and scales.
  • Feeding on a milkweed leaf, tiny aphids (some winged, some wingless) are ‘tended’ by an ant, which feeds on the sweet honeydew excreted by the aphids.
  • The other day I wanted to make a tropical salsa with pineapple, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, red onion and cilantro as a side dish.
  • When you discussed good sources of potassium you failed to mention honeydew melons.
  • After that we went to some tea place and I got a tea fusion drink, but my mom got this honeydew almond frappé thing.
  • To choose a ripe honeydew, look for one with a creamy yellow rind that's a bit soft.
  • Sweetcorn, red peppers, nectarines, papaya and honeydew melon are good sources.
  • People living and working around Albion Place on Sidmouth Street complained to the town council that their properties were being badly affected by honeydew from aphids that colonise two hornbeam trees.
  • Many lycaenid butterfly larvae have specialised glands that produce honeydew specifically to enlist ants as bodyguards. Times, Sunday Times
  • Wäckers FL (2001) A comparison of nectar - and honeydew sugars with respect to their utilization by the hymenopteran parasitoid PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • On papaya, mealy bugs damage the plant by sucking its juices and excreting a clear, gooey substance called honeydew.
  • It is sweet with tastes of honey and apricot, followed by luscious peaches, then an incredibly long finish of ripe mango, honeydew melon and aroma.
  • Another butterfly that is rarely seen is white admiral, a beautiful butterfly that spends a lot of time feeding on honeydew at the tops of trees.
  • Garnish with slice of honeydew melon and cherries.
  • They feed mostly on honeydew produced by aphids in the tops of trees. Times, Sunday Times
  • Most notably, the insect excretes a sticky honeydew that covers the leaves and fruit and promotes the growth of black sooty molds.
  • Nymphs, or immature psylla, spend much of their time immersed in a droplet of sticky honeydew and only move out of it to prepare for the adult stage.
  • A tiny golden drop appears from the aphid, and the honeydew - really aphid excrement - is swallowed by the second ant.
  • It was wanner than she liked melon, half honeydew, half cantaloupe, but sweet and refreshing. The Soprano Sorceress
  • Planted between chromatic saxophone swells, honeydew tongues of piano and eddying synth pulses, the childish coo of Caroline Lufkin discloses a fey, unabashed sentimentalism that is hard to dislike.
  • The other day I wanted to make a tropical salsa with pineapple, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, red onion and cilantro as a side dish.
  • She stared languidly at him over her small serving of honeydew melon and toast.

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