. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. CHAPTER XXVIII The Relations of Birds to Meadows and Pastures While the insects that affect the grasses of meadow and pasture lands are by no means so numerous as in the case of the orchards, there are enough to prove seriously destructive at times. If this is true with the constant check the birds keep upon them, there is little doubt that they would do vastly greater damage were there no birds. The various forms of locusts or grasshoppers with short antennae are among th
. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. CHAPTER XXVIII The Relations of Birds to Meadows and Pastures While the insects that affect the grasses of meadow and pasture lands are by no means so numerous as in the case of the orchards, there are enough to prove seriously destructive at times. If this is true with the constant check the birds keep upon them, there is little doubt that they would do vastly greater damage were there no birds. The various forms of locusts or grasshoppers with short antennae are among the most abundant of meadow and pasture pests. They are nearly always present in sufficient numbers to do some damage, and often become so abundant as to destroy the growing crop. The meadow grasshoppers with long antennae, are often abundant enough to do some injury. The much smaller leaf hoppers are also nearly al- ways present and do much more damage than is generally supposed. Many sorts of cutworms, including the notorious army worm, are always feeding on the blades of grass near the ground, and other kinds of caterpillars are continually at work. In addition to these enemies of the stems and blades, the roots of grasses are attacked by many pests. The voracious white grubs — the larvae of the familiar May beetles; the slender yellow wireworms — the larvae of the ,, „ ^ May Beetle common click beetles; the curious meadow maggots—the larvae of the long-legged crane flies,—these and many other pests feed upon the roots of grasses. 2gi. 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 Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947. Boston ; New York : D. C. Heath & Co.
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