. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. LOSSES CAUSED BY CHINCH BUGS. 33 in the tops of trees, especially where the tops were dead, under the bark and often from 50 to 75 feet from the ground. This was a piece of astounding information, to the writer at least, and it was only after securing specimens that he Avas able to solve the mystery. This insect, in all stages of development except the egg, hibernates under loose bark. It is broader and much flatter than the true chinch bug, but the wings are white and the body black. The object in calling attent
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. LOSSES CAUSED BY CHINCH BUGS. 33 in the tops of trees, especially where the tops were dead, under the bark and often from 50 to 75 feet from the ground. This was a piece of astounding information, to the writer at least, and it was only after securing specimens that he Avas able to solve the mystery. This insect, in all stages of development except the egg, hibernates under loose bark. It is broader and much flatter than the true chinch bug, but the wings are white and the body black. The object in calling attention to these bogus chinch bugs is to prevent their confusion with the true Blissus leucopterus, as in some ca^s people finding them and supposing them to be the true pest are likely to become panic stricken and often destroy j^roperty un- * necessarily, so notorious has the name '' chinch bug " become in the , United States. LOSSES CAUSED BY CHINCH BUGS. It would appear that this pest first made its presence known by its ravages in the wheat fields of the Xorth CaroKna farmers; for we are told ^ that "in 1785 the fields in this State were ; ^^V / i so overrun with them as to ! I Mk T threaten a total destruction " i j^Bl t)f the grain. And at length TNa/^ ^^^^^ the crops were so de- stroyed in some districts that farmers were obliged to a b a n d o n t h e sowing of wheat. It was four or five years that ., â â . , Fig. 9.âBrachijrhynchus <jvanulatus: a, early nymph; b, adult: c, late tney continued nymph, ah enlarged (original). so numerous at this ; " In the year 1809, as stated by Mr. J. W. Jefferys,'' the chinch bug again became destructive in Xorth Carolina to such an extent that in Orange Count}^ farmers Avere obliged to suspend the sowing of wheat for tAvo years. In 1839 '' the pest again became destructive in the Carolinas and in Virginia, Avhere the bugs migrated from the Avheat fields at harA^est to the corn, and in 1840 there Avas a
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