Results of work on blister beetles in Kansas . Third Larva. Smaller and more slender than the corresponding stage in M. immaculata,but otherwise similar thereto. Pupa. The only specimen measured was 10 mm. long by 3 mm. wide. Thoughsmaller and more slender it was otherwise similar to the pupa of M. immacu-lata. 48562°— 21 2. 10 BULLETIN 967, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. LIFE HISTORY AND IMMACULATA Say. Oviposition. The female of Macrobasis immaculata deposits her eggs in smallcavities (fig. 10) prepared in the soil wherever she may be confinement no special pre
Results of work on blister beetles in Kansas . Third Larva. Smaller and more slender than the corresponding stage in M. immaculata,but otherwise similar thereto. Pupa. The only specimen measured was 10 mm. long by 3 mm. wide. Thoughsmaller and more slender it was otherwise similar to the pupa of M. immacu-lata. 48562°— 21 2. 10 BULLETIN 967, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. LIFE HISTORY AND IMMACULATA Say. Oviposition. The female of Macrobasis immaculata deposits her eggs in smallcavities (fig. 10) prepared in the soil wherever she may be confinement no special preparation or arrangement could be ob-served. While on the staff of the Kansas Experiment Station thewriter once observed oviposition in the field. The ovipositing femalefirst came under observation about p. m. She was busily engagedin excavating and continued thus as long as watched. The place Avasmarked, and the writer returned at 6 oclock to find her still at next forenoon the spot where the beetle had worked had been smoothed over, nothing remaining to indi-cate the location of the eggs except theidentifying marks. Careful excavation re-vealed the outlines of a bell-shaped cavityin which the dirt had been replaced andFlG. io.—cavity prepared for loosely packed. In the center of the flooreggs by fema
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