. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . nseasonablefoliage, which should not have appeared until the next Springexhausts the vigor of the trees and cuts off the prospect offruit.—Harris. The egg is deposited in a cut made in the leaf, by the saw-like apparatus or ovipositor of the female. Nineteen eggs havebeen found deposited in one leaf. The larva (Fig. 96) is hatched from the egg in two days, andfeeds upon the leaves, as described above; it attains its fullgrowth in from
. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . nseasonablefoliage, which should not have appeared until the next Springexhausts the vigor of the trees and cuts off the prospect offruit.—Harris. The egg is deposited in a cut made in the leaf, by the saw-like apparatus or ovipositor of the female. Nineteen eggs havebeen found deposited in one leaf. The larva (Fig. 96) is hatched from the egg in two days, andfeeds upon the leaves, as described above; it attains its fullgrowth in from twenty to twenty-five days. During the timeit is feeding it exudes an olive-colored slimy substance, whichcovers the body and gives it the appearance of a it ceases eating it casts its skin and slimy coat, andappears with a clean, yellowish skin; the divisions of thesegments of the body are plainly seen; it then descends to theearth and crawls beneath the surface, from one to four inches,and forms a cocoon, where it undergoes its, metamorphoses orchanges; in about fifteen days the perfect insect (Fig. 97) appears. .-- — Fig. 96. Fig.
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