Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . ^turus is a small brown beetle belonging to the same family as the larder and carpet beetles, most of which feed on animal matter. It is about one-seventh inch long, reddish-yellow or reddish-brown, and covered with a thick coat * Byturus unicolor Say. Family Dermestidw. See W H GoodwinBulletin 202, Ohio .\gr. Kxp. Sta. -•oodwin, INSECTS INJURIOUS TO RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY 475 of pale, tawny hairs. The beetles ap^jcar about the middle ofMay in northern Ohio. They feed on the tender foliage and eatinto the flower butls, andsometimes emerge in suchnum
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . ^turus is a small brown beetle belonging to the same family as the larder and carpet beetles, most of which feed on animal matter. It is about one-seventh inch long, reddish-yellow or reddish-brown, and covered with a thick coat * Byturus unicolor Say. Family Dermestidw. See W H GoodwinBulletin 202, Ohio .\gr. Kxp. Sta. -•oodwin, INSECTS INJURIOUS TO RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY 475 of pale, tawny hairs. The beetles ap^jcar about the middle ofMay in northern Ohio. They feed on the tender foliage and eatinto the flower butls, andsometimes emerge in suchnumbers that the young foli-age is skeletonized and manyof the flower buds do notdevelop. Though the eggs arelaid in June, they have notbeen observed. The larvieappear in late June and Julyand feed in the fleshy head on which the berry is boin, causingthe affected berries to ripen earlier, making them small and unfitfor market. Furthermore the little larvae not infrequently. Fig. 341. ?—Larva and adult ofthe raspberry byturus—enlarged.(After Goodwin.)
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