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budworm

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bud·worm  (bdwûrm)
n.
A larva of several tortricid moths, especially the spruce budworm, that devours plant buds.


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He has noticed no difference in bollworm and budworm populations, but he has seen an increase in fire ants, a beneficial insect.
A management plan to curb an outbreak of the jack pine budworm on trees covering almost 90,000 hectares in the Rainy River district is being welcomed by forest licensers.
At the time of the spruce budworm epidemic in the Northeast and Canada in the 1970s, various surveys seemed to show that the fiber resources in Northeastern forests were being fully utilized, leaving little room for greater mill capacity.
 
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