. Elementary entomology . FiG. 62. The squash-bug, adult and nymphs of first, third, and fifth stages. (About twice natural size) (Photograph by Quaintance) ters arranged in rows as shown in Fig. 63, from three or four to forty eggs being found in a cluster. Newly laid eggs are a pale yellow-brown, which grows darker a day or two before hatching, so that the approximate development may be determined by the color, which is the case with many insects' eggs. NympJi. In about eleven days, the exact time varying from six to fifteen days according to the temperature, a small, disk-shaped piece of th
. Elementary entomology . FiG. 62. The squash-bug, adult and nymphs of first, third, and fifth stages. (About twice natural size) (Photograph by Quaintance) ters arranged in rows as shown in Fig. 63, from three or four to forty eggs being found in a cluster. Newly laid eggs are a pale yellow-brown, which grows darker a day or two before hatching, so that the approximate development may be determined by the color, which is the case with many insects' eggs. NympJi. In about eleven days, the exact time varying from six to fifteen days according to the temperature, a small, disk-shaped piece of the shell is forced open toward one end of the ^gg and the little nymph emerges. The newborn buglet is brilliantly col- ored and is quite conspicuous against the green leaves, the antennae and legs being a bright crimson, the head and anterior thorax a
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