. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science. NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM was a very thin mixture of turpentine and asphalt, or coal tar. This was applied to the posts and pillars by boring small holes obliquely inward and downward and then filling them with the mixture, which would quickly penetrate the powdery mass in the burrows, not only killing all life with which it came in contact, but also carrying with it the asphalt, thereby rendering the uneaten portion permanently distasteful to the insects. 1896 Webster F. M. Ohi Bibliography Agrir. E\]i. Sta. Bill. 68, p. 47-48 Small red horned bore
. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science. NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM was a very thin mixture of turpentine and asphalt, or coal tar. This was applied to the posts and pillars by boring small holes obliquely inward and downward and then filling them with the mixture, which would quickly penetrate the powdery mass in the burrows, not only killing all life with which it came in contact, but also carrying with it the asphalt, thereby rendering the uneaten portion permanently distasteful to the insects. 1896 Webster F. M. Ohi Bibliography Agrir. E\]i. Sta. Bill. 68, p. 47-48 Small red horned borer Ptilimis riijicornis Say A small dark brown beetle, about ' ,6 inch long, with bright rufous antennae, may be found boring in wood of various kinds. This species was brought to the writer's attention July i i, 1900, by the receipt of a number of examples from Saranac Inn N. Y., accompanied by the statement that birch and maple floors were severely injured in some of the cottages. This beetle also infests trees where the wood has been exposed, and it has even been found in kindling wood. Mr W. H. Harrington states that he has seen great numbers of these insects issuing from maple trees which had been riddled with small holes. He states that these beetles are very common and attack various trees, both living and dead. He adds that when a tree, such as an oak, hickory or maple has been injured by blazing or peeling off the bark, this little beetle may frequently be seen boring into the exposed ed wood, or if the injury be an old one, possibly numbers ed may be found emerging. Mr W. L. Deveraux is said by Dr Packard to have found larvae of this insect in great abundance in timber, logs and cord wood. He states that it deposits its eggs in the summer in which the tree is cut and that many generations follow each other for a number of years in the same log. Dr A. D. Hopkins records this species as infesting dead or dry wood where. Please note that these images are extracted from sc
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