. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. S\.^ "^^U I BULLETIN No. 891 Contribution from the Bureau of Entomology L. O. HOWARD, Chief. j\-^^«-rtv Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER July 28,1922 THE GREEN JUNE BEETLE/ By F. H. Chittenden, Entomologist in Charge, mid D. E. Fink, Entomological , Truck Crop Insect ; CONTENTS. Introduction Classification Descriptive Technical desciiptlon Distribution and injurious occur- rence Nature of injury Pas Life history and habits 17 History and literature 28 Control by natural agencies 31 Methods of
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. S\.^ "^^U I BULLETIN No. 891 Contribution from the Bureau of Entomology L. O. HOWARD, Chief. j\-^^«-rtv Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER July 28,1922 THE GREEN JUNE BEETLE/ By F. H. Chittenden, Entomologist in Charge, mid D. E. Fink, Entomological , Truck Crop Insect ; CONTENTS. Introduction Classification Descriptive Technical desciiptlon Distribution and injurious occur- rence Nature of injury Pas Life history and habits 17 History and literature 28 Control by natural agencies 31 Methods of control 37 General summary 48 Literature cited 49 INTRODUCTION. The green June beetle is one of the best known of Southern insects and is quite common in the Eastern States from New Jersey and southern Illinois southward. It occurs also somewhat commonly on Long Island, in southern Connecticut, and in the neighborhood of Xe^^• York City. Injuries by this insect were at one time errone- ously believed to be practically confined to the beetle, since the larva? feed normally and largely on humus or mold, or soil rich in decaying vegetable matter, and in stable and lot manure. The beetles injure fruits of various kinds, including grapes, peaches, raspberry, blackberry, apple, pear, quince, plum, prune, apricot, and nectarine, and frequently obtain nourishment as well on the sap of oak, maple, and other trees, and on the growing ears of ^ Cotinis nitiila L. (formerly known as AUorJiin<i nitida) \ family Scarabaeklae, order Coleoptera. - Investigations of the life history and habits have been conducted by the junior author in tidewater Virginia, and by the senior author in the District of Columbia and near-by points in northern Virginia. Similar investigations have been conducted by Mr. J. J. Davis, Bureau of Entomology, at Louisville, La Fayette, Ind., and elsewhere, and by Mr. Philip Luginbill, Cereal and Forage Insect Investigations, at Columbia, S. C. Many of the notes
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