. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. Fk;. 336. â '\^'o^k of the Twig-girdler. Originah Fk7. 337. â Work of the Twig-pruner. Original. ^'arious kinds of fruit and shade trees sometimes suffer the loss of terminal twigs, gircUed by this insect. The work is done by the lar\-a or gruli of an elongate, dark brown beetle, a half to three fourtlis of an inch long. Eggs are laid in the twigs in Juh-, and the grub feeds within, finally gnawing a circu- lar groove as far as the outer bark, so that the twig breaks oft', taking the grub with it. The fallen

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. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. Fk;. 336. â '\^'o^k of the Twig-girdler. Originah Fk7. 337. â Work of the Twig-pruner. Original. ^'arious kinds of fruit and shade trees sometimes suffer the loss of terminal twigs, gircUed by this insect. The work is done by the lar\-a or gruli of an elongate, dark brown beetle, a half to three fourtlis of an inch long. Eggs are laid in the twigs in Juh-, and the grub feeds within, finally gnawing a circu- lar groove as far as the outer bark, so that the twig breaks oft', taking the grub with it. The fallen twig then ,, iio i j u <â .i -r â ^ Fig. ooS. â .\aiilt of the Twig- scrves as its pruuer. 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 O'Kane, Walter Collins, b. 1877. New York : The Macmillan Company

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