. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. 34 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM dooryard filth. One fly may deposit as many as 120 eggs, and under favorable conditions but 10 days are required to complete the life cycle. Treatment: exclude with screens. As it breeds in manure and garbage, keeping this material cleaned up or inaccessible to flies will reduce their numbers. 69 Bed bug (Acanthia lectularia). A flattened, reddish, wingless insect about ^ inch long frequenting houses, specially those affording numerous cracks where it can find shel- ter and where uncleanliness prevails. This disgusting intru
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. 34 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM dooryard filth. One fly may deposit as many as 120 eggs, and under favorable conditions but 10 days are required to complete the life cycle. Treatment: exclude with screens. As it breeds in manure and garbage, keeping this material cleaned up or inaccessible to flies will reduce their numbers. 69 Bed bug (Acanthia lectularia). A flattened, reddish, wingless insect about ^ inch long frequenting houses, specially those affording numerous cracks where it can find shel- ter and where uncleanliness prevails. This disgusting intruder â ***fc^^. Fig. 61 Bed bug: a and h adult females gorged with blood, upper and under surfaces c, d, structural details (after Marlatt, U. S dep't agr., dlv. ent., bull. 4, n. s.) requires about seven weeks to complete its life cycle. It is able to exist for long periods without food. Treatment: apply benzin, kerosene, or other petroleum oil to crevices in infested beds. Corrosive sublimate may be used in same manner. Fumigation with sulfur is valuable wherever possible. 70 Kissing bug: masked bed bug hunter (Opsicoetus per- son a t u s ). A brownish or black insect about f inch long. It is attracted by lights, and its young, which conceals itself by a covering of lint, etc. is said to have a partiality for bed Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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