. The American home garden . eously called turtle bug, isFig- 65. generally a dark brown or blackish bug, rather quick in its movements, ridgedacross above the shoulders, the wholehaving an angular or lined appearance,somewhat resembling a shield with itsquarterings. It is a foul, fetid bug, thecompanion of the striped cucumber bugin its ravages among vegetable is less numerous and less lively, butlarger and more destructive in propor-tion to its numbers, eating the leaf morevoraciously, and more completely de-stroying the stem. Its eggs are laid in June and July. It istimid and quick
. The American home garden . eously called turtle bug, isFig- 65. generally a dark brown or blackish bug, rather quick in its movements, ridgedacross above the shoulders, the wholehaving an angular or lined appearance,somewhat resembling a shield with itsquarterings. It is a foul, fetid bug, thecompanion of the striped cucumber bugin its ravages among vegetable is less numerous and less lively, butlarger and more destructive in propor-tion to its numbers, eating the leaf morevoraciously, and more completely de-stroying the stem. Its eggs are laid in June and July. It istimid and quick to hide, but may be caught by hand in the coolof the morning from any crop which it infests, and often enters the house in the fall of the year. TURNIP BUG OR NEMORUM. A little black bug or beetle, about one tenth of an inch inlength, which springs when disturbed, and on this account isby some called Jumping Jack. In certain seasons the variousspecies of this insect become very numerous upon the young. Magnified nearly twice tlienatural size. AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 103
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