. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 78 according to Mr. Parker, is the princii:)al drawback to the extensive phmting of the velvet bean in that section for either winter pasture or hay, as it leaves no foliage on the plants to be fed to stock or to be cured, nor, in fact, vegetation to plow under for fertilizing. For sev- eral years velvet beans have been planted, and invariably the caterpil- lars alone w^ere benefited. Many fields and a small grove have been badly damaged. In the groves 50 to CO per cent of the plants were injured ; in open fields
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 78 according to Mr. Parker, is the princii:)al drawback to the extensive phmting of the velvet bean in that section for either winter pasture or hay, as it leaves no foliage on the plants to be fed to stock or to be cured, nor, in fact, vegetation to plow under for fertilizing. For sev- eral years velvet beans have been planted, and invariably the caterpil- lars alone w^ere benefited. Many fields and a small grove have been badly damaged. In the groves 50 to CO per cent of the plants were injured ; in open fields injury w^as still greater. Our correspondent had heard of several complaints of this cater- pillar destroying velvet beans. A Mr. J. A. AVillis, Alger, Fla., had had his crop ruined for several years. The caterpillar of this species is long and slender, c3dindrical, the last pair of legs projecting backward and spreading. The body is sparsely coated Avith. â itilf black arise white tuber- h Pig. 20.âAnfirarsia gemm((tilis: a. moth; b, larva, dorsal view; c, head, seen from front; d, first abdominal segment, lateral viewân, /(, enlarged; c, d. more enlarged (original). rather hairs wliicli from small button-like cles. The head is large, a little wider and higher than the body, rounded, and with a slight notch in the,middle. The head is orange yel- loAV or greenish yel- low with a few small blackish dots. The general color of the body varies from dull green to olive l)rown, which becomes yellow in inflated speci- mens. It has a number of fine white lines, one dorsal, two lateralâ separated by a blackish shadeâand a distinct yellow and white pair along the stigmata or breathing holes, Avith a little dark edging below. It has eight pairs of legs. The mature larva measures about one and one-half inches in length, and one-sixth inch in width. Alto- gether it is an attractive species, as will be seen by the illustration (fig. 20, h). The character of the head and the arrangement
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