Insects affecting the orange . hem when they appear in early sumnuM-, and before theyhave scattered, there will be an end to anxiety from this source for theseasou, and with a little pains taken at the proper time for two or threesuccessive seasons a farm may be entirely rid of these hoppers, even ifpreviously much infested by them. OTHER LOCUSTS {Acridii(](v). The various species of Acridiiibe, grasshoi)pers, as they are com-mouly called, nibble the leaves of orange trees, but do serious injuryonly where weeds are allowed to grow up around the trees. From theirsize and voracity the species of
Insects affecting the orange . hem when they appear in early sumnuM-, and before theyhave scattered, there will be an end to anxiety from this source for theseasou, and with a little pains taken at the proper time for two or threesuccessive seasons a farm may be entirely rid of these hoppers, even ifpreviously much infested by them. OTHER LOCUSTS {Acridii(](v). The various species of Acridiiibe, grasshoi)pers, as they are com-mouly called, nibble the leaves of orange trees, but do serious injuryonly where weeds are allowed to grow up around the trees. From theirsize and voracity the species of the genus Acridium, of which three arefound in Floiida, are most injurious. They are large insects, 2 or 2iinches long, and are very active, jumping and Hying to great distances. In Aeridium obseurum Burui. the general color is olive green, withfuscous (lots and a yellow stripe from the head to the tip of the (dosedwings. The wing-covers are chocolate brown. Acridium americanum Scud. (Fig. 55) is very similar, but the general. Fio. 55.—Acridium amerieainim. (After Riley.) color is reddish-brown and the wing-covers are marked with largebrownish si)ots. Acridium alataceum Harr. is dull brownish-vellow in color, and the THE ORANGE DOG. 137 wing-covers are marked with small spots. Like the Katydid, theselarger grasshoppers occasion loss of growth, aud stunt the plant byeating back the succulent ends of the shoots, as well as by consumingthe leaves. AVith clean culture, aud keeping the grove free from weedsand succulent plants, very little trouble will be experienced from theravages of locusts, which are only attracted in numbers by dense massesof vegetation. INSECTS OF THE ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. THE ORANGE DOG. {Papilio cresphontes Cramer.)[Plate X and Plate XI, Figs. 1 and 2.] The most important enemy to the Orange among this group of insectsis a caterpillar inches long, of a dark brown color, with large blotchesand markings of cream color. (Plate X, Fig. h.) The anterior part
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