. Bulletin. Agriculture. The Meadow Plant Bug. 7 bers present and also by the size and feeding capacity of these insects they may easily be counted among the most destructive to the crop though they do not kill the plant by attacks at or near the Fig. 1. Miris dolabratus: A, adult on timothy head in resting or feeding position; B, female ovipositing; C, eggs from oviduct, nearly or quite mature; D, mature egg ready for deposition; E, mature egg greatly enlarged shovi^ing membranous operculum. From drawings by the author. (Jour. Agr. Research). Food Plants Timothy has been most commonly
. Bulletin. Agriculture. The Meadow Plant Bug. 7 bers present and also by the size and feeding capacity of these insects they may easily be counted among the most destructive to the crop though they do not kill the plant by attacks at or near the Fig. 1. Miris dolabratus: A, adult on timothy head in resting or feeding position; B, female ovipositing; C, eggs from oviduct, nearly or quite mature; D, mature egg ready for deposition; E, mature egg greatly enlarged shovi^ing membranous operculum. From drawings by the author. (Jour. Agr. Research). Food Plants Timothy has been most commonly mentioned as the food plant of the species and this is quite evidently the grass with which it is most commonly associated as even where it may be found on other grasses it is usually where timothy forms a large part of the combination of species growing together. I have found it commonly attached on timothy heads, very evidently feeding, and individuals have been carried along for several instars with no other food, so this is-clearly a normal food supply (fig. i). I have also found it commonly on orchard grass, meadow fescue and witch grass and the nymphs seem to thrive on these plants about as well as on the timothy. It has not been observed commonly on blue grass or other small grasses or grasses with small seed heads except as these are mixed with the coarser forms and while it occurs where clover is mixed with timothy and lays eggs in clover stems it has not been observed ever to feed either on stems, leaves or. 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 Maine. Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono. [Orono. ]
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