. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. Fig. 96.—Megilla fuscilabris: a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; enlarged. M. H fuscilabris Muls. (maculata DeG.) Throughout the State and more or less generally throughout the season. Hibernates as an adult, sometimes in great masses, and has rather a wide range of food, in- cluding pollen and fungus spores, as well as plant lice and other soft insects. HIPPODAMIA IVluls. glacialis Fabr. Throughout the State, locally and seasonably abund ant. This is one of the most effective enemies of plant lice in gen- eral, and is always pr
. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. Fig. 96.—Megilla fuscilabris: a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; enlarged. M. H fuscilabris Muls. (maculata DeG.) Throughout the State and more or less generally throughout the season. Hibernates as an adult, sometimes in great masses, and has rather a wide range of food, in- cluding pollen and fungus spores, as well as plant lice and other soft insects. HIPPODAMIA IVluls. glacialis Fabr. Throughout the State, locally and seasonably abund ant. This is one of the most effective enemies of plant lice in gen- eral, and is always present when there is any abnormal increase of destructive species, as, for example, the melon louse. H. convergens Guer. Occurs with the preceding; is locally even more abundant, and has the same general habits. H. 13-punctata Linn. Split Rock Lake IV, Clifton VII (GG); Ft. Lee (Bt); Caldwell (Cr); Newark Dist. VI, VII, IX (Sf). H. parenthesis Say. Throughout the State, all sea- sons, with much the habits of ";. ADALIA IVluls. Fig. 97.—Hippodamici convergens, larva. pupa and adult. A. bipuncta Linn. The commonest and most wide- ly distributed of our species; will even get into greenhouses and on house plants to feed on the aphids there found. It is not infrequently considered the author of the injury caused by plant lice. A. humeralis Say. Masonville VI, 16 (Castle).. 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 New Jersey state museum. [from old catalog].
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