. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. latter species will sometimes occupy the body of a single caterpillar. After destroying their victim they spin for them- selves tough, white, silken cocoons within the bag, a section of which is shown in Fig. 230. Fig. 231. ATTAOKING THE FRUIT. No. 121.—The Cluince Curculio. Conotrachelus cratcegi AValsh. This is a broad-shouldered snout-beetle, larger than the plum curculio, No. 94, and has a longer snout; in Fig. 231, a shows a side view of the insect, b a back view. It is of an ash-gray color, mo
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. latter species will sometimes occupy the body of a single caterpillar. After destroying their victim they spin for them- selves tough, white, silken cocoons within the bag, a section of which is shown in Fig. 230. Fig. 231. ATTAOKING THE FRUIT. No. 121.—The Cluince Curculio. Conotrachelus cratcegi AValsh. This is a broad-shouldered snout-beetle, larger than the plum curculio, No. 94, and has a longer snout; in Fig. 231, a shows a side view of the insect, b a back view. It is of an ash-gray color, mottled with ochre-yel- low and whitish, with a dusky almost triangular spot at the base of the thorax above, and seven narrow longi- tudinal elevations on the wing-covers, with two rows of dots between each. It is an indigenous insect, having its home in the wild haws, in which it is frequently found, but it is also very injurious to the quince. It appears during the month of June, and punctures the young fruit, making a cylindrical 15. 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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