. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Economic. B. Fig. 93.—Larva and Pupa of Plies. A, Larva, and b, pupa of a Cecidomyia (greatly enlarged). but over here it only now and then makes itself sufficiently noxious to call for special attention. The adult fly is a small hairy creature, brownish in colour, with pinkish markings on the abdomen in the female, much darker in the male. It belongs to the genus Cecidomyia, which can be told by the venation of the wings shown j!n figure 95. The small reddish-white cylindrical eggs are laid by the female in rows on the leaf of the young wheat-pl
. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Economic. B. Fig. 93.—Larva and Pupa of Plies. A, Larva, and b, pupa of a Cecidomyia (greatly enlarged). but over here it only now and then makes itself sufficiently noxious to call for special attention. The adult fly is a small hairy creature, brownish in colour, with pinkish markings on the abdomen in the female, much darker in the male. It belongs to the genus Cecidomyia, which can be told by the venation of the wings shown j!n figure 95. The small reddish-white cylindrical eggs are laid by the female in rows on the leaf of the young wheat-plants in May ; the small white maggots crawl down the leaf, and bury themselves in the leaf-sheath, generally taking up their position above the 1 Fig. 94.—Anchor Processes. 1, Anchor process of Hessian fly; 2, of Wheat midge. (Or- merod.). 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 Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and sons
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