Beetle bank
noun
an area of cultivated land used to breed predatory insects that will kill pests
Examples
The benefits upon the crop are being noticed, while the creation of beetle banks is both simple and inexpensive and doesn’t interfere with our growers’ normal farming practices.
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sour gum.
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a stupid person; blockhead. Historical Examples That beetle-headed suspicion has passed slowly but surely away, like a snow-man confronted by a too affectionate sun. The Prairie Mother Arthur Stringer