. Elementary entomology. Insects. FIG. 396. Lysiphlebus tritici, male, the vvasplike parasite of the green-bug. (Very much enlarged) i After S. J. Hunter) which has been so destructive to grain in the southwest; this par- asite also attacks many other commonly injurious aphides. Larvae of the large green tobacco or tomato worm (Phlegethontius quinque- macnlata (Fig. 333) are frequently found covered with what appear to be small silken eggs. These are the cocoons of little braconids of the genus Apanteles. which have devel- oped within the cat- FIG. 397. Lysiphlebus parasite in act of depositin
. Elementary entomology. Insects. FIG. 396. Lysiphlebus tritici, male, the vvasplike parasite of the green-bug. (Very much enlarged) i After S. J. Hunter) which has been so destructive to grain in the southwest; this par- asite also attacks many other commonly injurious aphides. Larvae of the large green tobacco or tomato worm (Phlegethontius quinque- macnlata (Fig. 333) are frequently found covered with what appear to be small silken eggs. These are the cocoons of little braconids of the genus Apanteles. which have devel- oped within the cat- FIG. 397. Lysiphlebus parasite in act of depositing eggs in the body of a grain aphis. (Much enlarged) body. Not (After Webster, United States Department of Agriculture). 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and Company
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