Insects injurious to fruits . ike creature, which measures, when its wingsare expanded, nearly twoinches across. The body is ^^^ ^4^- cylindrical, and about aninch and a half long ex-clusive of its boring instru-ment, which projects aboutthree-eighths of an inch be-yond the body. The wingsare of a smoky-brown color,and semi-transpaient; thehead and thorax are reddish,varied with black, and theabdomen is black, crossed by seven yellow bands, all except the first two interrupted inthe middle. The horny tail and a round spot at its base areochre-yellow. The male (Fig. 148) is unlike the female: i
Insects injurious to fruits . ike creature, which measures, when its wingsare expanded, nearly twoinches across. The body is ^^^ ^4^- cylindrical, and about aninch and a half long ex-clusive of its boring instru-ment, which projects aboutthree-eighths of an inch be-yond the body. The wingsare of a smoky-brown color,and semi-transpaient; thehead and thorax are reddish,varied with black, and theabdomen is black, crossed by seven yellow bands, all except the first two interrupted inthe middle. The horny tail and a round spot at its base areochre-yellow. The male (Fig. 148) is unlike the female: it is smaller andhas no borer. Its wings are more transparent; the body isreddish, varied with black, in formsomewhat flattened, rather wider be-hind, and ends with a conical length of the body is from three-fourths of an inch to an inch or more,and the wings expand about an inchand a half. The female bores into the wood ofthe tree with her borer, and, when thehole is made deep enough, drops an egg into it. The egg is. FiQ. 148.
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