. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 132 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. of which are known to occur as parasites within the bodies of the larvae. They have been bred by Mr. C. V. Riley, who describes them in his fifth Missouri Report. One is a small black fly, from one-fourth to one-half inch in length; its legs are reddish, the hind pair having a broad white ring. It is called the Ring-legged Pimpla, Pimpla annulipes Br., and is represented, much magnified, in Fig. 139. The other species is about the FiGj-140. same size, but more sle
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. 132 INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. of which are known to occur as parasites within the bodies of the larvae. They have been bred by Mr. C. V. Riley, who describes them in his fifth Missouri Report. One is a small black fly, from one-fourth to one-half inch in length; its legs are reddish, the hind pair having a broad white ring. It is called the Ring-legged Pimpla, Pimpla annulipes Br., and is represented, much magnified, in Fig. 139. The other species is about the FiGj-140. same size, but more slender, and of a yellow or brownish- yellow color. The female is provided with a long ovipos- itor, as seen in Fig. 140, where the insect is shown highly magnified. The abdomen of the male is represented to the right of the figure. This spe- cies is known as the Delicate Long- sting, Macrocentrus delicatus C r esson. These useful insect friends are not yet sufficiently numer- ous to check materially the increase of the codling moth, and it is doubtful if they ever will be. When the codling worm has left the fruit in which it has been feeding, and while wandering about in search of a suitable spot in which to pass its chrysalis stage, it is liable to be attacked by any of the ground-beetles, Carabidse, both in their larval and their perfect state, also by the larvse of soldier-beetles and other. 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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