Woolly Plant Louse (Noun)
Meaning
Secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The woolly plant louse, a type of sap-sucking insect, secretes a waxy substance that resembles cotton wool, providing it with protection from predators.
- This white woolly appearance of the plant louse makes it difficult to spot among the fine down of certain plants.
- The woolly plant louse has a unique defense mechanism in which it produces a waxy coating that covers its body like fine white wool.
- Woolly plant louses are often mistaken for bits of cotton due to their masses of fine curly white threads.
- Growers are frequently on the lookout for signs of woolly plant louse infestations on plants, characterized by their appearance of being covered in fine white wool.