. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . )arlially grown state. Their eggs aredeposited in I he ground by means of Hk* long j)ointed ovi-positor of the female. The climbing or tiee ciickels of th(*genus (Ecanthus are perhaps the most injurious members ofthe family. They deposit their eggs in the canes of the rasp-. STAGES OF THE ItoCKY MOCXTAIN {Afler mieij.) 44 BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN. berries and in the twigs of various fruit- and shade-trees,making longitudinal slits that cause the death of the cane ortwig. The ad
. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . )arlially grown state. Their eggs aredeposited in I he ground by means of Hk* long j)ointed ovi-positor of the female. The climbing or tiee ciickels of th(*genus (Ecanthus are perhaps the most injurious members ofthe family. They deposit their eggs in the canes of the rasp-. STAGES OF THE ItoCKY MOCXTAIN {Afler mieij.) 44 BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN. berries and in the twigs of various fruit- and shade-trees,making longitudinal slits that cause the death of the cane ortwig. The adult tree-crickets feed to a considerable extentupon aphides, and so are by no means an unmixed are occasionally eaten by birds. The most destructive species of the Hemiptera, or half-winged insects, is the chinch-bug, a pest that often causeslosses amounting to millions of dollars in a single State and asingle season. The adult is a blackish insect, slightly less thanone-fifth of an inch long, with the legs dark yellow and theirtips black. The young do not differ from the adult in generalform. When first hatched they are pale yellow, but theysoon become red; this continues to be the prevailing coloruntil the pupa or last nymph stage is reached; the insect isthen grayish or brownish black. The eggs are small andand3er-colored. These pests attack cornand small
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