. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FAEM AND GARDEN. CLOVER. 135 In an inyasion of the Eocky Mountain Locust or Grass- hopper, the Clover suffers with most other green things, but the generally voracious Army Worm, while it occa- sionally nibbles at it, usually passes to more acceptable plants. There are a few caterpillars of moths now and then found upon Clover, but are regarded mainly as acci- dental. Within a few years, it has been discovered that. Fig. 90.—LARVA, MAGNLFJED. Fig. 91.—CLOTEK-SEED MTDGE, FEMAI/B WLY. c. Ovipositor;
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FAEM AND GARDEN. CLOVER. 135 In an inyasion of the Eocky Mountain Locust or Grass- hopper, the Clover suffers with most other green things, but the generally voracious Army Worm, while it occa- sionally nibbles at it, usually passes to more acceptable plants. There are a few caterpillars of moths now and then found upon Clover, but are regarded mainly as acci- dental. Within a few years, it has been discovered that. Fig. 90.—LARVA, MAGNLFJED. Fig. 91.—CLOTEK-SEED MTDGE, FEMAI/B WLY. c. Ovipositor; d, Joints of Feeler, enlarged. this important plant has two enemies, both of such a destructive character as to demand attention, one, a midge that destroys the seed, the other a borer that injures the root. THE CLOVER-SEED MIDGE. (Ceaidomyia trifoUi, Riley.) This insect was described and figured in the " Ameri- can Agriculturist" for July 1879. The larva (fig. 90, much magnified), is of a bright orange-red color, lives within the Clover-heads, and by exhausting them of. 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 Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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