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The dust-like debris or excrement left behind by wood-eating larvae and boring insects.

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Another term for larval insect droppings or excretion.

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Solid larval insect excrement; mixed with wood fragments in woodboring or bark-boring insects.[1] Fin. Swe.

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Excrement or other refuse of larvae.

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Refuse and excrement, left by insects larvae particularly borers.

http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glossary/glossary_f.shtml

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Insect excrement, particularly that which is dry and pellet-like.

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Feeding debris left behind by wood boring insects.

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solid waste of insects (fecal material).

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excrement of insects

http://res2.agr.ca/lethbridge/insect_con/gloss_e.htm

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Pellet-like excrement of a caterpillar.

http://www.forestpests.org/caterpillars/glossary.cfm

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Waste, sometimes sawdustlike, excreted by insects, especially larvae.

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pelletlike excrement.

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/cateast/glossary.htm

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Debris remaining after insect feeding, including insect excrement.

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Caterpillar droppings.

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A term applied to insect feces, the shape of which is sometimes used in family- or species-level identification; also called fecal pellets or droppings.

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insect droppings, usually a combination of leaf fragments or wood borings, and excrement

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Excrement of an insect, usually mixed with plant debris.

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Caterpillar poop

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Includes insect excreta and may include other unidentifiable materials.

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Plant fragments, usually mixed with excrement, deposited by feeding insects.

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Solid larval excrement, as left by defoliators; wood fragments made by a wood-boring insect, usually mixed with excrement.

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The refuse or excrement left by organisms.

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Debris or excrement produced by wood eating insects. Origin mid 19th cent.: from German Frass, from fressen 'devour'. Click here to view a typical example of a stag beetle larva surrounded by what it looks like shredded wood. Perhaps this habit gave rise to the German name Schröter.

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solid larval insect excrement; plant fragments made by wood-boring insects, usually mixed with excrement

http://entowww.tamu.edu/fieldguide/glossary.htm

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Solid insect excrement, particularly of larvae; particles are usually rounded pellets.

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The solid waste droppings of a larva or caterpillar.

http://sdnhm.org/fieldguide/inverts/glossary.html

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Frass is caterpillar waste, which is pellet-like. Caterpillars produce a lot of frass.

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/butterfly/glossary/indexf.shtml

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