Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . bug (Neznra hilaris): a, adult; b, beak; c, , end of egg more enlarged; e, young nymph; /, last stage of nymph.(After Chittenden, U. S. Dept. Agr.) Among these are the so-called pumpkin-bugs or stink-bugs,of which a large green species f is the most commonly injurious,while the blackish, leaf-footed plant-bugs,J which are more abun-dant on cucurbs, do similar injury. * See A. W. Morrill, Plant-bugs Injurious to Cotton Bolls. Bulletin 88Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. Agr. t Nezara hilaris Say. Family Leptoglossus oppositus Say. F
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . bug (Neznra hilaris): a, adult; b, beak; c, , end of egg more enlarged; e, young nymph; /, last stage of nymph.(After Chittenden, U. S. Dept. Agr.) Among these are the so-called pumpkin-bugs or stink-bugs,of which a large green species f is the most commonly injurious,while the blackish, leaf-footed plant-bugs,J which are more abun-dant on cucurbs, do similar injury. * See A. W. Morrill, Plant-bugs Injurious to Cotton Bolls. Bulletin 88Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. Agr. t Nezara hilaris Say. Family Leptoglossus oppositus Say. Family Corcidte, INSECTS liNJURIOUS TO COTTON 253 Cotton-stainer * The Red-bug or Cotton-stainer once did considerable damage tothe bolls in Florida, Georgia, and neighboring parts of Alabamaand South Carolina, but of late years has devoted most of its atten-tion to oranges. Early in the season they stunted the bolls andmade them abortive by sucking the sap; but the most seriousdamage was done later, when they entered the open bolls, punc-. FiQ. 181. The red bug or cotton-stainer (Dysdercus sutureUus) , nymph; b, adult. (From Insect Life.) turing the seed and damaging the fibre by their yellowish excre-ment. This indeliljlc stain greatly depreciated the market valueof the fibre, and was a vexing loss. Though never of commercialimportance, it was found by experiments that a rich orange djecould be made from these insects, which could be easily fixed uponsilks and woolens by an alum mordant. In winter these insectscongregate in heaps of cotton-seeds, and by using these as trapsthe insects may be killed with hot water. * Dysdercus sutureUus H. Schf. Family Pyrrhocoridce. 25-1 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD The Cotton Bollworm * One of tho most destructive aiul widcspretul pests of cotton isthe bollworm, the same insect as the earworm of coi-n alreadydescribed (page 181), which should be consulted for the life historyand description. Throughout the cotton belt t
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