. Boring caterpillars affecting corn and other crops and which are liable to be mistaken for the European corn borer [microform]. Insectes nuisibles; Chenilles; Insect pests; Caterpillars. ;r i*, on the wh<il, thr »n«> whirh \n miHit fn-iiuriitly I'linipUiiifMl of â H B ipirn ptmt, nmi (lurinn lUItt wm* thr rnliTpillnr whirh wuh mmtt ortfii mmU to tin A* MitR poMtibly th«> Kuro|N>iin corn tHifi>r. It i^ n Ki>n«>rttl ftHnipr nn«l althoURh found commoT!' in cHHtcm ('anmla in tiu' Mvtwt of biiniiM-k, owiiiK to whirh wi' Kiivi> it thi common name of thi* hu
. Boring caterpillars affecting corn and other crops and which are liable to be mistaken for the European corn borer [microform]. Insectes nuisibles; Chenilles; Insect pests; Caterpillars. ;r i*, on the wh<il, thr »n«> whirh \n miHit fn-iiuriitly I'linipUiiifMl of â H B ipirn ptmt, nmi (lurinn lUItt wm* thr rnliTpillnr whirh wuh mmtt ortfii mmU to tin A* MitR poMtibly th«> Kuro|N>iin corn tHifi>r. It i^ n Ki>n«>rttl ftHnipr nn«l althoURh found commoT!' in cHHtcm ('anmla in tiu' Mvtwt of biiniiM-k, owiiiK to whirh wi' Kiivi> it thi common name of thi* huniiM'k iMtn-r, it liy no nii'iuiH Vtu. t 'fh* Httnlork Hufpr,/'kpai/M'iiM raf«fi*nN-to (irt ; natunl â¢iai>. lUriKiMl) ronfinei* itn nttention to imt ninnt, Iwing founil in ii gn-iil vuri«'ty of pluntH havinK nucfulent otemK. In the Ottawa tliHtrict. in uildition to l»ur<loi'k, wi* havp found the larva in thi* uti-mH of larkspur, nunflowrr, RoldcnRhiw, duhlia, Joe-pyi' wwhI, hollyhork, meadow ru«', r«»M'. iriw. lily, htmwU-i'k, tomato, |M)tato, thiMtip, ('al)iiaK<' thp larvip wprp tt()ppially abundant at Ottawa, purtipulurly in burdork. i I i: nlNiut an hour'** time, wp pollppt«'d nparly fifty i*iK> Kio. 3. Stem o( larkxpur destroyed by the HurdiM-k Burer. (Oriinnnl). The burdock borer when mature is about 1} inches in lenRtii. In ueneir ., it is a smooth, cylindrical, pale-brownish caterpillar with a whitish dorsal str' e and a lateral band of the ? me colour, l)oth continuous, the latter al>out t\ .ce the width of the former. The tubercles on the body are dark brown and on some. 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 Gibson, Arthur, 1875-1959; Canada. Division of Entomology. Ottawa : J. de L. Taché
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