. Agricultural entomology for students, farmers, fruit-growers and gardeners. Insects; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 112 ORDER HEMIPTERA nymphs on hatching begin feeding at once upon the grass. The adult females have short wings and do not jump or fly rapidly. Inimical Leafhopper ( utimicu.'i).—The in- imical leafhopper is perhaps the most abundant species throughout the northern United States where blue grass is a common pasture grass. While abundant and almost. Fig. 68.—The inimical leafhopper (Dcltoccphalus inimicus): iiymphal stages: o, newly hatched; b, c, d, later stage
. Agricultural entomology for students, farmers, fruit-growers and gardeners. Insects; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 112 ORDER HEMIPTERA nymphs on hatching begin feeding at once upon the grass. The adult females have short wings and do not jump or fly rapidly. Inimical Leafhopper ( utimicu.'i).—The in- imical leafhopper is perhaps the most abundant species throughout the northern United States where blue grass is a common pasture grass. While abundant and almost. Fig. 68.—The inimical leafhopper (Dcltoccphalus inimicus): iiymphal stages: o, newly hatched; b, c, d, later stages, the details of tarsal appen- dages shown below. All enlarged. (After Osborn, Bur. Ent., Bull. 108.) universal in blue grass, it may also be found upon other species of grass and also in wheat and alfalfa. This sj)ecies is so abundant and wide-spread that it is almost impossible to sweep a patch of blue grass in any locality from INIaine to Washington, and south to northern Tennessee, without finding it in abundance. The nymphs pass through five distinct stages with differences in the shape of the head and development of wing pads and an increase in the number. 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 Osborn, Herbert, 1856-1954. Philadelphia ; New York : Lea & Febiger
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