. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. 63 IKJUBIOUS INSECTS Introduction.) About tlie last of June (in the North- ern States), these insects come out from their hiding places, pair, and lay their eggs. The parent insect (fig. 38,) is a little over half an inch ("/,„) in length, rusty- black above, and ochre-yellowish beneath. The ground color of the upper parts is ochre-yellow, but concealed by multitudes of minute black dots. A marked charac- ter of this insect is the odor it gives off when handled or disturbed; this odor has been compa
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. 63 IKJUBIOUS INSECTS Introduction.) About tlie last of June (in the North- ern States), these insects come out from their hiding places, pair, and lay their eggs. The parent insect (fig. 38,) is a little over half an inch ("/,„) in length, rusty- black above, and ochre-yellowish beneath. The ground color of the upper parts is ochre-yellow, but concealed by multitudes of minute black dots. A marked charac- ter of this insect is the odor it gives off when handled or disturbed; this odor has been compared to "that of an over-ripe pear," but we have never seen a pear suificient- ly "over-ripe" to approach in its repulsivenesa the sick- ening odor given off by the Squash-bug. It is one of those odors of which a very little satisfies. The insects are quiet during the day, but at night lay their eggs in little patches; they are of a brownish-yellow color, and glued to the leaves. They soon hatch, and the larvae, or young bugs, are of a pale- squaI'h-buo. ash color, and of a more rounded shape {Anasatiistis.) ^1^^^ the perfect insects. As they grow older they moult their skins several times, forming no dormant pupae, but finally assume the shape of the per- fect bug. The young at first remain in small swarms or clusters, near the place they were hatched, but finally scatter to other leaves; in all stages they penetrate the leaves with their beaks, live upon their Juices, and cause them to become brown, wither, and finally to die. As soon as a leaf is exhausted, they pass on to fresher ones, and where numerous, the insects are very destructive. Kemedies.—None of our injurious insects is more readily kept under control than this by hand-picking. If one familiar with the appearance of the bug, will exam- ine the young vines and the ground beneath them, those that come from their winter quarters may be found and destroyed before they have laid their eggs. Next
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