. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. 324 INJURIOUS INSECTS THE ABBOT SPHINX {Thyreus Abbotii, Swainson.) This is another of the large Grape-feeding insects, oc- curring on the cultivated and indigenous vines and on the Virginia Creeper, and having, in the full grown larva state, a pohshed tubercle instead of a horn at the tail. Its habitat is given by Dr. Clemens, as New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Ohio; but though not so common as the Sphinx Moths already described, yet it is often met with both in Illinois and. Fig. 14
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. 324 INJURIOUS INSECTS THE ABBOT SPHINX {Thyreus Abbotii, Swainson.) This is another of the large Grape-feeding insects, oc- curring on the cultivated and indigenous vines and on the Virginia Creeper, and having, in the full grown larva state, a pohshed tubercle instead of a horn at the tail. Its habitat is given by Dr. Clemens, as New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Ohio; but though not so common as the Sphinx Moths already described, yet it is often met with both in Illinois and. Fig. 141.—THE AiBOT SPHINX (Thyreus Abbotii, Swain.) Larva and Moth. Missouri. The larva which is represented in the upper part of figure 141 varies considerably in appearance. Indeed, the ground-color seems to depend in a measure on the sex, for Dr. Jlorris describes this larva as reddish- brown with numerous patches of light-green, and express- ly states that tlie female is of a uniform reddish-brown, with an interrupted dark-brown dorsal line and trans- verse strife lines. We have reared two individuals which. 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 Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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