apple maggot
1
7.2
- noun
- /ˈæpəl ˈmæɡɪt/
- Specialized
:
gusano de la manzana
- In New England, apples on about 95 percent of unsprayed trees are typically damaged by apple maggots.
- apple maggot fly
Examples
-
To prevent consumption by wildlife and other unintended victims, the researchers have included a hefty dose of hot cayenne pepper, which the apple maggot flies don't mind.
Academic text (2000) -
Above, technician Erica Bailey applies the final coat of paint that provides the appropriate color to attract the apple maggot fly.
Academic text (2000) -
The scientists say similar decoys can be tailor-made for other insect pests closely related to the apple maggot fly.
Academic text (2000) -
Cooperators included the Michigan apple industry and growers of other fruits threatened by Tephritidae family relatives of the apple maggot.
Academic text (2000) -
A case in point: apple maggot flies that fall for a biodegradable decoy baited with sugar and laced with insecticide.
Academic text (2000) -
"In small and large orchards alike, we want apple maggots to get their just desserts in an environmentally friendlier way than they would with repeated spraying of trees," says Michael R. McGuire.
Academic text (2000) -
In New England, apples on about 95 percent of unsprayed trees are typically damaged by apple maggots.
-
Tanner and his family have owned orchards for more than 50 years, and he knows all about apple maggot flies.
-
AHL: Tanner says each year he monitors for apple maggot flies, and when he sees them, he begins the process of spraying his entire orchard with a pesticide specifically designed to kill those pests.
Synonyms
A small fly whose young, called apple maggots, grow inside and eat apples
A young insect that makes holes in apples and eats their insides
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound literally combines 'apple' (the fruit) with 'maggot' (a larva), so the meaning 'a maggot associated with or infesting apples' is directly derivable from its parts. This noun+noun compositional pattern is common and transparent across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE's sense.
Etymology
The compound noun apple maggot shows a simple picture: a maggot, a small 'young insect', living inside an apple, eating the fruit and making tiny holes. That's why the name means 'a small insect that lives inside and damages apples'.