. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. 302 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Greene county. The appearance of the insect about six weeks from birth is well shown in plate 2, figure 3. Then there are yellowish exuviae and a dark grayish scale about i mm or -g-g- inch long. Later the con- spicuous larger, white portion of the scale is excreted, and the eggs may. Fi|:. 2 Chionaspis furf ura: Adult male above; bfoot; 7i tip of antenna of same ; c larva; d antenna; e leg of same; /pupa; g adult female removed from scale—all enlarged, b, d, e, h much more than the others. ( Howard. U. S. dep't agric
. Bulletin - New York State Museum. Science. 302 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Greene county. The appearance of the insect about six weeks from birth is well shown in plate 2, figure 3. Then there are yellowish exuviae and a dark grayish scale about i mm or -g-g- inch long. Later the con- spicuous larger, white portion of the scale is excreted, and the eggs may. Fi|:. 2 Chionaspis furf ura: Adult male above; bfoot; 7i tip of antenna of same ; c larva; d antenna; e leg of same; /pupa; g adult female removed from scale—all enlarged, b, d, e, h much more than the others. ( Howard. U. S. dep't agric. Vearbook. 1894) be]]found the latter part of August or in early September to the number of 30-75 under one scale, where they remain dormant till the following spring. It is stated that two and possibly three generations may develop in one season in the southern states. Food plants. This scale insect is specially abundant in New York on apple, pear, Japan quince and blackcap raspberry bushes. Dr How- ard found it so numerous on mountain ash in the Catskill mountains, that hardly a twig or branch was uninfested. It has also been recorded on the following: crab apple, peach, quince, black cherry, choke cherry, wild red cherry, shad bush, cherry currant, wild flowering currant, black walnut and black alder (C 1 e t h r a alni folia). The identity of the insect on all these food plants has not been established beyond question. I have since learned that Mr King has succeeded in bringing the list up to 23 food plants; so this species can be classed as a general 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 New York State Museum; New York State Museum. Albany : New York State Education Dept
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