. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 3.—The convergent ladybird {Hippodamia convergenfi): n, adult; h, pupa;c, larva; enlargeil. (After Chittenden, U. S. Dept. Agr.) have also been noted for eating the black peach aphis and manyother plant-lice. A form which is often very al)undant among plant-lice on cornis the Spotted Ladybird {Megilla maculdta). The head, thorax,and wing-covers are a daik pink, with two black spots on the 12 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD thorax and ten on the wing-covers. Such nuniljcrs of theselittle fellows have frequently been found huddled togeth
. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 3.—The convergent ladybird {Hippodamia convergenfi): n, adult; h, pupa;c, larva; enlargeil. (After Chittenden, U. S. Dept. Agr.) have also been noted for eating the black peach aphis and manyother plant-lice. A form which is often very al)undant among plant-lice on cornis the Spotted Ladybird {Megilla maculdta). The head, thorax,and wing-covers are a daik pink, with two black spots on the 12 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD thorax and ten on the wing-covers. Such nuniljcrs of theselittle fellows have frequently been found huddled together underthe rubbish at the base of some tree in a last years cornfieldthat they might be taken up by the handful without Fig. 4.—The spotted ladybird {Megilla maculata): a, larva; 6. pupa;.c, adult;enlarged. (After , U. S. Dept. Agr.) Many other species feed upon plant-lice, but the al:)Ove are themost common, and all bear a resemblance to one another, beinggeneralh orange or red with black spots, and of a characteristic round or oval form, flattened below. so that the legs may be drawn in luidcr the wing-covers. Those ladybirds which feed upon scales are much smaller and are Fig. twice-stabbed ^^1^^^ though sometimes spottedladybird {Chilocorus bivulnc- with red or orange. ?). a, adult; b, larva; en- v r i ,. • ,1 T^c. N As far as known, there is no larged. (After Riley.) _ wav in which these useful allies
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