. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests; Insects. INSECTS ATTACKING WHEAT. 39 Kansas Farmer of June 28, 1876, published several items indi- cating that the pest was occasioning some excitement in the State. Of 100 pupre received by Doctor Riley from John Davis, of Junction City, 40 per cent, were infested by one of the parasitic Ichneumons. From correspondents reporting in 1891, the presence of the worm was determined in several counties. A correspondent send- ing specimens June 13, from Stafford county, says: "They are doing an immense amount of damage to the wheat in this cou
. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests; Insects. INSECTS ATTACKING WHEAT. 39 Kansas Farmer of June 28, 1876, published several items indi- cating that the pest was occasioning some excitement in the State. Of 100 pupre received by Doctor Riley from John Davis, of Junction City, 40 per cent, were infested by one of the parasitic Ichneumons. From correspondents reporting in 1891, the presence of the worm was determined in several counties. A correspondent send- ing specimens June 13, from Stafford county, says: "They are doing an immense amount of damage to the wheat in this ; FALL ARMY-WORM. {Laphygma frugiperda Smith & Abb.) Diagnosis.—A naked, pale-brown to dirty-green caterpillar, about one to one and a half inches long, eating grass, corn, rye, wheat, and various succulent plants in the autumn (September and October). Description and Life-history—As an adult, this insect is a grayish-brown moth with an expanse of wings varying from one to one and a half inches; appear- ing in the fall. The larva or cat- erpillar, in which state the insect commits its depredations, is dark or even pitchy-black'when young, but when full-grown' is of a pale- brown or dirty-green color with more or less pink or yellow in the shape of fine mottlings. The body is longitudinally striped with dark lines. The head is pale yellowish with an inverted white, Y-shaped mark. The body is covered with many small, black tubercles, each tubercle bearing a short, stiff, black hair. The larvse feed voraciously on all sorts of cereals and on many vegetables. They appear only in the|fall, the first ones be- ing seen about September 1, and the last ones about November 1,. Fig. 19. Fall Armt-woem; «, adult; &, 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon
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