. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin. 31 Tobacco Flea Also Known as "Tobacco Flea Bug," "Flea ; (Order Coleoptera.) General Description.—A small, active beetle, which eats circular holes from about the size of a pinhead to a quarter of au inch in diameter through the leaves of the tobacco plant. The first leaves. Fig. 10.—Lower leaf of Tobacco Plant which has been riddled by Tobacco Flea Beetle, reduced. (Photograph by the author.) (Fig. 16) suffer more in this respect than the later ones, b
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin. 31 Tobacco Flea Also Known as "Tobacco Flea Bug," "Flea ; (Order Coleoptera.) General Description.—A small, active beetle, which eats circular holes from about the size of a pinhead to a quarter of au inch in diameter through the leaves of the tobacco plant. The first leaves. Fig. 10.—Lower leaf of Tobacco Plant which has been riddled by Tobacco Flea Beetle, reduced. (Photograph by the author.) (Fig. 16) suffer more in this respect than the later ones, but in severe cases the beetle spreads throughout the whole plant, injuring every leaf to such an extent that they are unfit for the better grades of tobacco. (Fig. 17.) This is the worst tobacco pest that the farmer has to fight. It is one against which spraying will give the most pronounced results, as we have no other entirely efficient method for keeping it in control. ^EpitriT 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 North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. Raleigh : State Board of Agriculture
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