. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 348. — Eggs of the grape-vine flea-beetle under a strip of loose bark (X 12). They soon find their way to the nearest vine and feed voraciouslyon the tender heart of the bursting buds, which they reach bygnawing through the protective covering either at the side ormore commonly at the tips. The beetles do most of their feed-ing during thewarmer part of. bright sunny days;on cold cloudydays they hideaway under anyconvenient beetle maydestroy severalbuds and thuscause a loss of fruitand foUage all out of proportion to the amount of tissue ac-tually co
. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 348. — Eggs of the grape-vine flea-beetle under a strip of loose bark (X 12). They soon find their way to the nearest vine and feed voraciouslyon the tender heart of the bursting buds, which they reach bygnawing through the protective covering either at the side ormore commonly at the tips. The beetles do most of their feed-ing during thewarmer part of. bright sunny days;on cold cloudydays they hideaway under anyconvenient beetle maydestroy severalbuds and thuscause a loss of fruitand foUage all out of proportion to the amount of tissue ac-tually consumed. Aft(T f(Hxling for several days the females begin to deposittheir elongate, oval, straw-colored eggs, ^V i^^^h in length, beneath
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