. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 132 FARM FRIENDS AND FARM FOES Lamellicorn Beetles Only a few of the great number of beetle families can be considered in these pages. One of the most important of these is the great group of Lamellicorn Beetles (Scara- bseids). These have curious enlargements on the ends of the feelers or antennae, each swollen part consisting of a number of thin plates rest- ing upon one another. The May Beetle is a typical example of this group. In both its adult and its larval conditio
. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 132 FARM FRIENDS AND FARM FOES Lamellicorn Beetles Only a few of the great number of beetle families can be considered in these pages. One of the most important of these is the great group of Lamellicorn Beetles (Scara- bseids). These have curious enlargements on the ends of the feelers or antennae, each swollen part consisting of a number of thin plates rest- ing upon one another. The May Beetle is a typical example of this group. In both its adult and its larval condition, the May Beetle or June Bug is only too familiar to most people. From the advent of the first warm days in spring until sum- mer is well along, the brown beetles are likely to be seen flying about trees or lights or crawling along the surface of the ground. These beetles feed freely upon the leaves of a great variety of fruit and shade trees, sometimes doing much injury in this way. They deposit their eggs about the bases of grass stems, md the eggs soon hatch .. Lamellicorn Beetle into small larvae that feed upon the roots of grasses and gradually develop into the well-known white grubs, which are almost always to be found in abundance when grass lands are plowed. It is believed that these white grubs require at least three years to complete their development, becoming large toward the end of this period and able to destroy the roots. 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 Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947. Boston ; New York : D. C. Heath & Co.
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