. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 16 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. Fig. 2. spring. The larvae mature during the summer, and in the fall change to the pupa gtate, as shown at 6 in the figure, from which the perfect fly emerges the following spring. The larva, chrysalis, and fly are all mag- nified in the figure. ^^ The fly measures, when its wings are expanded, nearly half an inch across; its body is black, the head hairy with short white hairs, the tho- lax also similarly hairy and finely punctated; the abdomen finely punctated, a
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 16 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. Fig. 2. spring. The larvae mature during the summer, and in the fall change to the pupa gtate, as shown at 6 in the figure, from which the perfect fly emerges the following spring. The larva, chrysalis, and fly are all mag- nified in the figure. ^^ The fly measures, when its wings are expanded, nearly half an inch across; its body is black, the head hairy with short white hairs, the tho- lax also similarly hairy and finely punctated; the abdomen finely punctated, and adorned with long white hairs; legs partly reddish, partly black; wings transparent, with black ATTACKING THE TEUNK. No. 2.—The Round-headed Apple-tree Borer, Sapefi^da Candida Fabr. The round-headed apple-tree borer is a native of America, whose existence was unrecorded before 1824, when it was de- scribed by Thomas Say. The year following, its destructive character was observed about Albany, It is now very widely and generally distributed, and probably it was so at that time, although unnoticed, since it inhabits our native crabs and thorn-bushes, and also the common June-berry, Amelanchier Canadensis. While preferring the apple, it also makes its home in the pear, quince, and mountain-ash. In its perfect state it is a very handsome beetle (Fig. 3, c), about three-fourths of an inch long, cylindrical in form, of a pale- brown color above, with two broad creamy-white stripes running the whole length of its body; the face and under. 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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