. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. ton.—Red S^iJer, Fig. IOI2.—Harvest Bug, maE^ified. Koch has published a work upon these creatures, with a vast number of illustrations, but very few persons in this country are acquainted with the specific differences of the plant acari. Kukenmeister considers the Harvest Bug {Leptus autumnalis, fig. IOI2) to be one of the grass mites. He states that it lives in dry grass, in corn, and upon the gooseberry bushes, and also upon man in July and the begin
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. ton.—Red S^iJer, Fig. IOI2.—Harvest Bug, maE^ified. Koch has published a work upon these creatures, with a vast number of illustrations, but very few persons in this country are acquainted with the specific differences of the plant acari. Kukenmeister considers the Harvest Bug {Leptus autumnalis, fig. IOI2) to be one of the grass mites. He states that it lives in dry grass, in corn, and upon the gooseberry bushes, and also upon man in July and the beginning of August It is very troublesome to reapers. I have not myself verified the species, but have engraved the figure from Kukenmeister. On my own gooseberry-bushes the acari have not appeared, or at any rate have never been observed, although the trees have been examined for that 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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