. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FARM AND GARDEN. 113 vary from pale-yellow with a touch of orange to bright- red, while the pupa (</,) is mostly brown, the mature bug (fig. 79,) is black, with white upper wings, having two characteristic black spots upon them. A short-winged form (fig. 80,) occurs in Canada, and in the more Northern States. The species hibernates in the perfect or mature form in a state of torpor in whatever sheltered situations can be found. The Chinch-bug is two-brooded in the Middle States, and in the more
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FARM AND GARDEN. 113 vary from pale-yellow with a touch of orange to bright- red, while the pupa (</,) is mostly brown, the mature bug (fig. 79,) is black, with white upper wings, having two characteristic black spots upon them. A short-winged form (fig. 80,) occurs in Canada, and in the more Northern States. The species hibernates in the perfect or mature form in a state of torpor in whatever sheltered situations can be found. The Chinch-bug is two-brooded in the Middle States, and in the more Southern States is probably Fig. 78.—IMMATUKE STAGES OF CHTNCH-BUG. a, b, Eggs; c Newly-hatched Larvae; /, Same, after first Moult; ff, Pupa. Such as survive the autumn, when the plants or the sap on which they feed are mostly dried up, so as to afford them little or no nourishment, pass the winter in the usual torpid state, and always in the perfect or winged form, under dead leaves, under sticks of wood, under flat stones, in moss, in bunches of old dead grass or weeds or straw, and often in corn-stalks and corn-shucks. One year I repeatedly received corn-stalks that were crowded with them, and it was difiicult to find a stalk in any field that did not reveal some of them, upon stripping off the leaves. It has long been known that the Chinch-bug deposits its eggs underground and upon the roots of plants which it infests, and that the young larvse remain underground. 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 Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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