. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. one spot, where they remain stationary. The male insect is a very minute fly, which is shown, highly magnified, in Fig. 404. It has long antennae and two transparent wings. This species is found on trees of the Citrus family throughout Florida, also in Louisiana, infesting the twigs and branches, and finally the leaves, but rarely the trunk. There are three broods in a season. It is said to have been imported from China, and has since been disseminated by the distribution of infested nursery stock a
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. one spot, where they remain stationary. The male insect is a very minute fly, which is shown, highly magnified, in Fig. 404. It has long antennae and two transparent wings. This species is found on trees of the Citrus family throughout Florida, also in Louisiana, infesting the twigs and branches, and finally the leaves, but rarely the trunk. There are three broods in a season. It is said to have been imported from China, and has since been disseminated by the distribution of infested nursery stock and by the fruit itself. This insect also has some special parasites; one, a tiny four-winged fly, Aphelinus aspidioticola Ashmead, is about one-fiftieth of an inch long, of a light-brownish color, with. 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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