Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 131.—The maize bill-bug{Sphenophorus ma id is Chittn.)—foul times natural size.(After Kelly, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 180 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD pupal stage lasting ten to twelve tlays. The adults commence to emerge by the middle of August and continue to do so until the middle of September. Some of them leave the pupal cells, but most of them remain there for hibernation. Those which emerged disappeared and proba])ly hibernated in some dense, coarse grass near by. Those which hibernated in the pupal cells emerged the next spring about
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . Fig. 131.—The maize bill-bug{Sphenophorus ma id is Chittn.)—foul times natural size.(After Kelly, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 180 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD pupal stage lasting ten to twelve tlays. The adults commence to emerge by the middle of August and continue to do so until the middle of September. Some of them leave the pupal cells, but most of them remain there for hibernation. Those which emerged disappeared and proba])ly hibernated in some dense, coarse grass near by. Those which hibernated in the pupal cells emerged the next spring about the time that young corn was sprouting. The beetles are from two-fifths to three-fifths of an inch long, of a dull shining black color, and sculptured as shown in Fig, 131. The beetles are rarely observed on account of their.
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