Insects affecting the cotton plant . the Carolinas, and perhaps even farthersouth. The egg.:—The egg is bluish green in color and of a different shadefrom that of the leaf, so that it can be rather readily distinguished. Itis flattened-convex in shape, with many parallel longitudinal ridges con-verging at the center above. It is found usually on the under side ofthe leaves and as a general thing toward the top of the plant. In theneighborhood of 500 eggs are laid by each female, sometimes severalupon one leaf, but never in clusters. The eggs are laid at night, sincethe moth is a night flyer. T
Insects affecting the cotton plant . the Carolinas, and perhaps even farthersouth. The egg.:—The egg is bluish green in color and of a different shadefrom that of the leaf, so that it can be rather readily distinguished. Itis flattened-convex in shape, with many parallel longitudinal ridges con-verging at the center above. It is found usually on the under side ofthe leaves and as a general thing toward the top of the plant. In theneighborhood of 500 eggs are laid by each female, sometimes severalupon one leaf, but never in clusters. The eggs are laid at night, sincethe moth is a night flyer. The duration of the egg state varies some-what, according to the season. In midsummer the larva hatches infrom three to four days after the egg is laid, but in spring and autumnthis period is very considerably lengthened. The larva.—After hatching from the egg, the young larva feeds atfirst upon the under side of the leaf, devouring simply the lower paren-chyma and not piercing through to the upper side until after the first 3 4CAT87201480. 4
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