Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota . awavor exterminated them by the persistent use of powdered borax inthe kitchen. This was dusted in all cracks and crevices aboutthe room daily (particularly in the evening) for two weeks, carebeing taken to use it liberally along the entire length of mopboard wherever there was a crack large enough to hide a Roach,and its use was persisted in for some time after all insects hadapparently disappeared. This insect at one time was called Blatta germanica; seeFig. 49. CARPET BEETLES, CARPET MOTHS, BUFFALOMOTHS. A
Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota . awavor exterminated them by the persistent use of powdered borax inthe kitchen. This was dusted in all cracks and crevices aboutthe room daily (particularly in the evening) for two weeks, carebeing taken to use it liberally along the entire length of mopboard wherever there was a crack large enough to hide a Roach,and its use was persisted in for some time after all insects hadapparently disappeared. This insect at one time was called Blatta germanica; seeFig. 49. CARPET BEETLES, CARPET MOTHS, BUFFALOMOTHS. Anthrenus scrophidariac, piceus, Oliv. Specimens of both the above carpet pests have been sent to INSECTS INJURIOUS IN 1902. 57 me during the past season, and I heard many complaints ofBuffalo Bugs from housekeepers. Both of the above species wereintroduced from Europe, the former about 1874, and the latter aslate as 1854, though it was not until 1879 that Dr. Lintner re-ported the latter as a carpet pest in connection with the first ?\ rs *> • a « V*-> .1. mmmt
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