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  1. Agriculture Department
    the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
    He said the Agriculture Department is taking surveys and tests and is making sure that the infestation is under control.
  2. Department of Agriculture
    the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
    Neil Rheimer, an official for the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, said, "Nobody knows for sure, but I suspect it came from plant material from the Big Island."
  3. nursery
    a child's room for a baby
    Stinging nettle caterpillars were found in a Central Oahu nursery, where workers reported getting stung June 1, state agriculture officials say.
  4. sting
    deliver a sudden pain to
    Stinging nettle caterpillars were found in a Central Oahu nursery, where workers reported getting stung June 1, state agriculture officials say.
  5. predator
    any animal that lives by preying on other animals
    Since the discovery of the caterpillars on the Big Island in 2001, the Agriculture Department is trying to obtain approval from federal and state regulatory officials to release an insect from Taiwan that is a predator of the caterpillars, which also are native to Taiwan.
  6. agriculture
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
    Stinging nettle caterpillars were found in a Central Oahu nursery, where workers reported getting stung June 1, state agriculture officials say.
  7. cocoon
    silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects
    To keep the caterpillars, cocoons and adult moths from spreading, agriculture officials and nursery staff installed Theromon bait stations.
  8. regulatory
    restricting according to rules or principles
    Since the discovery of the caterpillars on the Big Island in 2001, the Agriculture Department is trying to obtain approval from federal and state regulatory officials to release an insect from Taiwan that is a predator of the caterpillars, which also are native to Taiwan.
Created on 一月 12, 2010

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