. Nature study and life. Nature study. GARDEN INSECTS 223 The Grapevine Flea-Beetle, or Haltica chalybca. The Imported Elm-Leaf Beetle. — Where numerous, this is a good insect with which to study bird foods. This may be done by making feeding tests, and by observing the birds that feed upon it, as the children go to and from school. They have increased especially in cities and towns where the native birds have been driven away by English sparrows. The Imported Currant Worm, Nevta- tus ventricosus. — This and the native currant worm, PristipJiora gi'osstdarice, are both sawflies about the size
. Nature study and life. Nature study. GARDEN INSECTS 223 The Grapevine Flea-Beetle, or Haltica chalybca. The Imported Elm-Leaf Beetle. — Where numerous, this is a good insect with which to study bird foods. This may be done by making feeding tests, and by observing the birds that feed upon it, as the children go to and from school. They have increased especially in cities and towns where the native birds have been driven away by English sparrows. The Imported Currant Worm, Nevta- tus ventricosus. — This and the native currant worm, PristipJiora gi'osstdarice, are both sawflies about the size of the house fly, but more slender and with black areas on the front border of the fore- wings. The males and females may be found about the time cur- rant leaves open in the spring, and a few days after, the white eggs are placed end to end along the veins on the underside of the leaves. I have been informed that a pair of black and white creeping warblers kept one row of currant bushes so clean that the box of white hellebore, provided against them, remained unopened. The Rose Slug, Monostegia roses. — This familiar pest feeds upon the upper surface of the rose leaf, chiefly at night, remaining hidden beneath the leaf during the day. The rose bushes appear as if scorched and are greatly. Fig. 94. Asparagus Beetles Eggs, larvffi, and adults (Photograph by the author). 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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