. Manual of fruit insects. leaden huefrom the contents of the alimentary canal. It differs from thewhite grub (Lachnosterna) in its shorter and more robust form,in the shorter legs and smaller head, and in its habit of crawlingupon its back. In July the larvae pupate within earthen cocoonsof a somewhat angular external form. The beetles emergeduring August and September. There is only one generationa year. Hand-picking of the beetles is apparently the most practicablemeans of controlling this insect when it is found working on ripefruit or on green corn. References Slingerland, Can. Ent. XXIX,
. Manual of fruit insects. leaden huefrom the contents of the alimentary canal. It differs from thewhite grub (Lachnosterna) in its shorter and more robust form,in the shorter legs and smaller head, and in its habit of crawlingupon its back. In July the larvae pupate within earthen cocoonsof a somewhat angular external form. The beetles emergeduring August and September. There is only one generationa year. Hand-picking of the beetles is apparently the most practicablemeans of controlling this insect when it is found working on ripefruit or on green corn. References Slingerland, Can. Ent. XXIX, pp. 50-52. S. Bur. Ent. Bull. 19, pp. 67-74. 1899. Peach Stop-back From Missouri to Alabama, Virginia and northward, nursery-men often experience serious losses from an obscure troublewith peach nursery stock, commonly known as stop-back orpeach-sting. When the budded trees are 18 inches to 2 feetin height, the terminal bud turns brown, withers and stopping of growth of the main branch forces the develop-. Fig. 255. — Tips of peach nursery trees stung by the taruirihed plant-bug.
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