. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. S48 FESTS OF ORCRARD AXD SHALL FRUITS orchard and its surroundings are thoroughly cleaned of weeds and Utter in the fall, there is not likely to be noticeable damage. The bugs may be jarred from small trees. A related species, Lygus Say, is a pest on pears, scarring the fruit by its feeding punctures. The Apple Red Bugs {Htterocordylu-s malinus Reut., and Lygidea mendax Reut.) Sucking bugs, about one fourth of an inch long, known as apple red bugs because of their brilliant color in their younger sta
. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. S48 FESTS OF ORCRARD AXD SHALL FRUITS orchard and its surroundings are thoroughly cleaned of weeds and Utter in the fall, there is not likely to be noticeable damage. The bugs may be jarred from small trees. A related species, Lygus Say, is a pest on pears, scarring the fruit by its feeding punctures. The Apple Red Bugs {Htterocordylu-s malinus Reut., and Lygidea mendax Reut.) Sucking bugs, about one fourth of an inch long, known as apple red bugs because of their brilliant color in their younger stages, puncture young fruit, causing it to grow distorted. There are two species, similar in appearance. Eggs are inserted in the bark, and hatch in early spring. The young feed at first on the newly expanding foliage, making numerous punctures and gi'S'ing the leaves at times a red appear- ance. Later they attack the fruit. The remedy is to spray with tobacco extract just after the leaves expand and before the blossoms open, so as to Idll the yoimger stages soon after they hatch , ' , -, u jj J » Fig. âTheNegroBue. from the egg. boap mav be added to t- , , , , . " '^^ ^ â tnlarge*! and natural size. the spray material. Originai. Pk â '^^^J^k of Apple Buss. Oriemal. 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 O'Kane, Walter Collins, b. 1877. New York : The Macmillan Company
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