. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Fig. 66 Cheese skipper: a larva; & puparium; c pupa; d male fly; e female with wings folded- all enlarged (after Howard, U. S. dep't agr., div. ent., bull. 4, n. s.) maggots are sometimes found infesting cheese. The parent insect is a small black fly less than ^ inch long. This insect will also attack hams, and occasionally causes serious loss. Treatment: exclude flies with netting, using 24-to-the-inch mesh. Cleanliness will render cheese factories less inviting to the flies. Hams and cheese stored in darkness are much less liable to infesta- t
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. Fig. 66 Cheese skipper: a larva; & puparium; c pupa; d male fly; e female with wings folded- all enlarged (after Howard, U. S. dep't agr., div. ent., bull. 4, n. s.) maggots are sometimes found infesting cheese. The parent insect is a small black fly less than ^ inch long. This insect will also attack hams, and occasionally causes serious loss. Treatment: exclude flies with netting, using 24-to-the-inch mesh. Cleanliness will render cheese factories less inviting to the flies. Hams and cheese stored in darkness are much less liable to infesta- tion. 75 Bacon beetle (Dermestes lar- d a r i u s ). A dark brownish beetle abont j\ inch long with yellowish band across the base of the wing covers. The larva is brown, hairy, about f inch long. Both. Fio 67 Racon beetle: a larva, enlarged; b Inrval bristle, greatly enlarged; o beetle. 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 New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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