. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests; Insects. INSECTS ATTACKING GARDEN VEGETABLES. 63 Remedies.—Infested peas should be put into an air-tight box or bin and treated with bi-sulphide of carbon (see p. 10). This fluid is poisonous and inflammable, and must be handled with great care. Its fumes are heavier than air, so that the liquid may be sprinkled over the surface of the peas, or put into an open dish resting on the peas. Immersing the infested peas for a minute or two in water heated to 140° Fahrenheit will kill all contained weevils and larvse. Kansas Notes.—This insect is co
. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests; Insects. INSECTS ATTACKING GARDEN VEGETABLES. 63 Remedies.—Infested peas should be put into an air-tight box or bin and treated with bi-sulphide of carbon (see p. 10). This fluid is poisonous and inflammable, and must be handled with great care. Its fumes are heavier than air, so that the liquid may be sprinkled over the surface of the peas, or put into an open dish resting on the peas. Immersing the infested peas for a minute or two in water heated to 140° Fahrenheit will kill all contained weevils and larvse. Kansas Notes.—This insect is commonly injurious all over the State. BEAN WEEVIL. {Bruchus obtectus Say; Order, Coleoptera.) Diagnosis.—Stored beans with a number of small, circular holes, or dark, discolored, circular spots; small weevils (beetles) crawling among the beans. Description a7id Life-history. — The adult Bean Weevil much resembles the Pea Weevil, but is little more than one-half as large. It is dark colored, lacking the white spot on the thorax. The life- history is about the same as that of the Pea Weevil, the eggs being laid on the young bean pods, of course, in- stead of the pea pods. In the case of the Pea Weevil but one larva enters a pea, while with the Bean Weevil several larvse may find homes in a single bean. When the stored beans are white, the presence of the weevil is easily detected by the dark eye-spot which lies over the cell of one of the enclosed larvse. The Bean Weevil; a, larva; b, pupa; c, adult; , • j v. xi /• i. d, infested bean. ' *^ ^ ' ' ' spot IS CaUSCd by the lact. Fig. 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937; Kansas Stae University. Dept. of Entomology. Lawrence : University of Kansas, Dept. of Entomology
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