. Agricultural entomology for students, farmers, fruit-growers and gardeners. Insects; Insects, Injurious and beneficial. 150 ORDER HEMIPTERA they have the power of transmitting blood diseases from one person to another. The Tingitid(B, or lace bugs, are common on thorn bushes, sycamore, oak, walnut, and many other plants. The leaf bugs {Capsidm) are of some economic importance, from the fact that they attack the leaves of fruit trees in. Fig. 103.—Sericophanes ocellatus Reut: dorsal views: a, macropterous male; b, micropterous female; c, macropterous female; d, side view microp- terous female


. Agricultural entomology for students, farmers, fruit-growers and gardeners. Insects; Insects, Injurious and beneficial. 150 ORDER HEMIPTERA they have the power of transmitting blood diseases from one person to another. The Tingitid(B, or lace bugs, are common on thorn bushes, sycamore, oak, walnut, and many other plants. The leaf bugs {Capsidm) are of some economic importance, from the fact that they attack the leaves of fruit trees in. Fig. 103.—Sericophanes ocellatus Reut: dorsal views: a, macropterous male; b, micropterous female; c, macropterous female; d, side view microp- terous female; e, macropterous female; /, wing of micropterous female; g, micropterous female; h, male abdomen beneath. (After Osborn. Drawn by Miss C. M. King.) the spring, puncturing them and sucking the plant juices. They are also quite common in meadows and pastures. The tarnished plant bug is a very important species affecting orchards where it attacks the buds and blights them. It also works on clover and does great damage to strawberries, causing ''; Certain species in this family show a very strict resem-. 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 Osborn, Herbert, 1856-1954. Philadelphia, New York, Lea & Febiger


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