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has gloss | eng: In agriculture, a beetle bank is a strip of grass or perennial plants in a field that provide habitat which fosters and provides cover for insects hostile to pests, such as Chrysoperla carnea and ichneumon flies. Typically made up from sunflowers, Vicia faba, Centaurea cyanus, coriander, borage, and buckwheat, the banks are used as a form of biological pest control to reduce or replace the use of insecticides, and can also serve as habitat for birds and rodents. The concept was developed by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust in collaboration with the University of Southampton. |
lexicalization | eng: Beetle bank |
instance of | (noun) the act of inventing a word or phrase coinage, neologism, neology |
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