. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . the forming seed, and prevents the petals of thefloret from expanding, so that although some of the flowers inthe head will bloom, the field as a whole does not blossom asusual. The maggot is footless, white to orange-red in color,and about one-tenth inch long when full grown. Upon becom-ing grown in late June and the first week of July the maggotsenter the soil and just below the surface make tough, oval, silkencocoons, in which they pupate. The pupal stage lasts about* Dasyneura leguminicola Lintner. Family Cecidomyida;. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CLOVE
. Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . the forming seed, and prevents the petals of thefloret from expanding, so that although some of the flowers inthe head will bloom, the field as a whole does not blossom asusual. The maggot is footless, white to orange-red in color,and about one-tenth inch long when full grown. Upon becom-ing grown in late June and the first week of July the maggotsenter the soil and just below the surface make tough, oval, silkencocoons, in which they pupate. The pupal stage lasts about* Dasyneura leguminicola Lintner. Family Cecidomyida;. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CLOVER 213 three weeks or more, and the flies of the second generation appearin Central Illinois in late July and early August, being abundantas the second crop of clover heads appear. The eggs are laidin the clover heads and hatch in about three days, and the secondgeneration of maggots do the worst damage to the seed in lateAugust and early September, in the same manner as did the firstgeneration. They become full grown by frost and hibernate.
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