. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. 362 AGRICULTURE The Cabbage Butterfly. One of the best-known garden insects and the worst pest of the cabbage is the common cabbage worm, whose parent is the common white butter- fly. The butterflies are observed hovering over cabbages and cauliflowers all through the summer. The small yellowish eggs are laid on the foliage and hatch in from four to eight days. The velvety green worms grow very. Apple branches. A, uninfested; B, incrusted with San Jose scale. Slightly reduced. rapidly, eating large, irregular holes in the leaves of the
. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. 362 AGRICULTURE The Cabbage Butterfly. One of the best-known garden insects and the worst pest of the cabbage is the common cabbage worm, whose parent is the common white butter- fly. The butterflies are observed hovering over cabbages and cauliflowers all through the summer. The small yellowish eggs are laid on the foliage and hatch in from four to eight days. The velvety green worms grow very. Apple branches. A, uninfested; B, incrusted with San Jose scale. Slightly reduced. rapidly, eating large, irregular holes in the leaves of the plants and disfiguring the heads by deposits of excrement. The pupa is attached to the foliage by a strand of silk around the thorax. The pupa is first greenish and later light-brown in color. The whole life cycle in summer requires from three to five weeks. The winter is passed in. 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 Call, Leland Everett, 1881- [from old catalog] comp; Kent, Harry Llewellyn, [from old catalog] joint comp. Topeka, The State of Kansas state printing plant
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