Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . iilliiiiJUMll*!. Fig Hil)l>oilamirt Fic. S. Hippodamia ambigua. Fig. 9. Hippodamia arabigua,pupa. larva. Hippodamia convergens, Guer. This is another of the common lady-birds of California, and is found throughout the State during thesummer months very plentifully, among corn and other larvae feed upon aphids and other insects, while the mature insectsalso feed upon aphids, young scale, etc. The beetles vary somewhat incolor; some are of a dee
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . iilliiiiJUMll*!. Fig Hil)l>oilamirt Fic. S. Hippodamia ambigua. Fig. 9. Hippodamia arabigua,pupa. larva. Hippodamia convergens, Guer. This is another of the common lady-birds of California, and is found throughout the State during thesummer months very plentifully, among corn and other larvae feed upon aphids and other insects, while the mature insectsalso feed upon aphids, young scale, etc. The beetles vary somewhat incolor; some are of a deep red, while others are of a dull brown, themarkings, however, being uniform. Sometimes after ripe fruit has beenpunctured by birds or other agencies, the beetles of this species will befound upon it, sipping the moisture, and on this account they have beenthought sometimes to be injurious. They are, however, among themost important of our insect friends. cyanea, Motsch. (Plate IV, Figs. 1, la, Ih, Ic.) This iscomparatively a new introduction to our State, having been securedfrom South Africa, where it w
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