Insects injurious to fruits . until the vine becomes sickly, or dies from the injuries theyhave caused. Where grape-vines die suddenly from anyunknown cause, the roots should be carefully examined, andif evidences of the presence of this borer are discovered, itshould be searched for and destroyed. No. 123.—The Tile-horned imhricornis (Linn.). The larva of this beetle, a species closely allied to No. 122,has also been found devouring the roots of the larvae of these two species resemble each other so closelythat they are almost indistinguishable. When full grown,
Insects injurious to fruits . until the vine becomes sickly, or dies from the injuries theyhave caused. Where grape-vines die suddenly from anyunknown cause, the roots should be carefully examined, andif evidences of the presence of this borer are discovered, itshould be searched for and destroyed. No. 123.—The Tile-horned imhricornis (Linn.). The larva of this beetle, a species closely allied to No. 122,has also been found devouring the roots of the larvae of these two species resemble each other so closelythat they are almost indistinguishable. When full grown,the borer collects together a few fibres and chips of the roots,and with the aid of these constructs a loose cocoon, withinwhich it changes to a pupa almost identical with that ofNo. 122. (See Fig. 233.) This beetle, which is represented in Fig. 235, is called theTile-horned Prionus the joints of the antennre of the ATTACKING THE ROOTS. 229 male overlap one another like tiles on a roof. It is verysimilar in appeara
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