. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests. 80 INJURIOUS INSECTS OF KANSAS. century. It has spread all over North America, and is, perhaps, our most destructive apple pest. Professor Popenoe has estimated the damage in Kansas orchards sometimes to amount to two- thirds of the crop. The pest has been known in Kansas since apples began to bear. It was first noticeable near Missouri river towns, and gradually spread over the State, following railroads and other lines of travel. It is transported chiefly by the ship- ment of wormy fruit. It is mentioned constantly in the published transact
. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests. 80 INJURIOUS INSECTS OF KANSAS. century. It has spread all over North America, and is, perhaps, our most destructive apple pest. Professor Popenoe has estimated the damage in Kansas orchards sometimes to amount to two- thirds of the crop. The pest has been known in Kansas since apples began to bear. It was first noticeable near Missouri river towns, and gradually spread over the State, following railroads and other lines of travel. It is transported chiefly by the ship- ment of wormy fruit. It is mentioned constantly in the published transactions and reports of the State Horticultural Society since the first meeting of the society, in 1871. TARNISHED PLANT-BUG. (Lygus lineolaris P. Beauv.; Order, Hemiptera.) Diagnosisâ'-Attacking the apple, pear, quince, plum, cherry, strawberry, and many herbaceous plants; a small, dark-brown to yellowish-brown sucking bug, one-fifth of an inch long, (head yel- lowish, with three narrow, reddish stripes; thorax yellow-mar- gined, with several yellow, longitudinal lines, a more or less distinct yellow V-mark behind the thorax;) attacking the buds, young leaves, and young fruit. Description and Life- history.âThe insect hibernates in the adult state, finding shelter beneath leaves, in rubbish, etc., and coming out during the first warm days of early spring. The flying bugs appear with the first vegetation. They bury themselves among the expanding buds, or in the blossoms, and suck the life j uices of the plant. Affected fruit buds appear as if frost-bitten. The blossoms of apple trees are a favorite feeding ground of this pest. The eggs are laid on the food-plant, and the young bugs appear as early as the middle of April and first of May. The Ito- **â Ta;S⢠Plast" young resemble the adult in shape, (see description in Diagnosis, this insect,) but are green, and lack. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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