. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE RASPBERRY. ATTACKING THE EOOTS. Fig. 313. No. 174.—The Raspberry Root-borer. ^geria ruM Riley. This borer is quite distinct from the cane-borer, No. 176, that insect being without legs in the larval state, while this one has sixteen legs, a feature which will enable any person readily to distinguish the one from the other. The rasp- berry root-borer belongs to the same family of clear-winged moths as the peach-borer, and there is a striking resem- blance between the two spec
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE RASPBERRY. ATTACKING THE EOOTS. Fig. 313. No. 174.—The Raspberry Root-borer. ^geria ruM Riley. This borer is quite distinct from the cane-borer, No. 176, that insect being without legs in the larval state, while this one has sixteen legs, a feature which will enable any person readily to distinguish the one from the other. The rasp- berry root-borer belongs to the same family of clear-winged moths as the peach-borer, and there is a striking resem- blance between the two species in the several stages of their existence. Both the male and the female moth are shown in Fig. 313, where a represents the male, and b the female. The front wings are transparent, veined with black or brownish, and heavily mar- gined with reddish brown ; the hind wings are transparent, with dark veins, and both wiii2:s are frino;ed with dark brown. The body is black, prettily banded and marked with golden yel- low, as in the figure. The wings, when expanded, will measure from three-quarters of an inch to an inch across. The eggs are deposited by the female durino; the hot summer weather on the cane of the raspberry, a short distance above the ground. The young larva when hatched eats its way through the cane to the centre, where it feeds upon the pithy substance in 303. 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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