The asparagus beetles . M7>^. Fig. 3.—Common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi) Beetle newly hatched larva; d, full-grown larva; e, pupa. All enlarged (authors illustration). cutting the asparagus for market, the beetles issue from their hiber-nating quarters and lay the eggs for the first brood. The egg is very large in proportion to the beetle, being nearly asixteenth of an inch in length, and of the elongate-oval form illus-trated at h (fig. 3). It is nearly three times as long as wide and of adark-brown color. The eggs are deposited endwise upon the stem orfoliage and in early spring
The asparagus beetles . M7>^. Fig. 3.—Common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi) Beetle newly hatched larva; d, full-grown larva; e, pupa. All enlarged (authors illustration). cutting the asparagus for market, the beetles issue from their hiber-nating quarters and lay the eggs for the first brood. The egg is very large in proportion to the beetle, being nearly asixteenth of an inch in length, and of the elongate-oval form illus-trated at h (fig. 3). It is nearly three times as long as wide and of adark-brown color. The eggs are deposited endwise upon the stem orfoliage and in early spring on the developingstalks, usually in rows of 2 to T or more (fig. -±). In from three to eight days the eggs hatch,the young larva?, commonly called grubs or worms, presenting the appearance indicatedin fig. 3, c. The head of the newly hatched larvais large, black, and bead-like; its body is gray:and its three pairs of legs, black. It at once be-gins to feed, and is from ten davs to a fortnight,according to Fitch and others, i
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