Insects injurious to fruits . he fringebrownish black. In the male (Fiu. 239) the anteiniae aretootiicd, except for a short distance near the tip; the thoraxand abdomen are darker in color, and in addition to theshort pencils of orange hairs on the abdomen below, thereare two longer (Jnes above. The wings, when expanded,measure from an inch to an inch and a half across. Themoth appears during August. The female is said to deposit her eggs on the collar of thegrape-vine, close to the earth, and the young larvffi, as soonas hatched, descend to the roots. ATTACKING THE ROOTS. 231 This insect iuli
Insects injurious to fruits . he fringebrownish black. In the male (Fiu. 239) the anteiniae aretootiicd, except for a short distance near the tip; the thoraxand abdomen are darker in color, and in addition to theshort pencils of orange hairs on the abdomen below, thereare two longer (Jnes above. The wings, when expanded,measure from an inch to an inch and a half across. Themoth appears during August. The female is said to deposit her eggs on the collar of thegrape-vine, close to the earth, and the young larvffi, as soonas hatched, descend to the roots. ATTACKING THE ROOTS. 231 This insect iuliabits tiie Middle, Western, and some of theSouthern States. It is said to have been exceedingly destructivein JN^orth Carolina both to wild and cultivated grapes, and isreported as injurious also in Kentucky. The moth is foundin the South from the latter part of June until September. It is stated that the Scuppernong grape, a variety of the fox-grape, Vitis vulpina, is never attacked by this borer; if this Fig. 238. Fig.
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