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onion fly

noun

  1. a small grey dipterous insect, Delia antiqua, that is a serious pest of onions. The larvae destroy the bulbs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The onion fly may, in part, at least, be abated by the use of equal parts of wood ashes and land plaster dusted very thoroughly on the young plants.

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The dipterous garden pests, such as the onion fly, carrot fly and celery fly, can best be kept in check by the use of paraffin emulsions and the treatment of the soil with gas-lime after the crop is lifted.

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Other remedies are suggested in the article on Onion Fly, Page 420.

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As a crowning advantage this system, to a large extent, prevents attack from the Onion Fly.

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Onion Fly.—Onions are frequently attacked by the larvæ of the Onion Fly, and in some instances the entire crop is destroyed.

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