. Annual report of the Regents. New York State Museum; Science. INJURIOUS AND BENEFICIAL INSECTS 25 46 Squash vine-borer (Melittia satyriniformis). Wilting of one or more runners is caused by a whitish caterpillar boring in the stem near the root. The parent insect is a beautiful, clear winged moth with brownish black fore wings, transparent. Fig. 38 Squash vine borer: a male moth; & female moth with wings folded as at rest; c eggs on bit of squash stem; d full grown larva in vine; e pupa; /pupal cell—all enlarged Ys (after Chit- tenden, U. S. dep't agr., div. ent., circ. 38, 2d ser.) hind
. Annual report of the Regents. New York State Museum; Science. INJURIOUS AND BENEFICIAL INSECTS 25 46 Squash vine-borer (Melittia satyriniformis). Wilting of one or more runners is caused by a whitish caterpillar boring in the stem near the root. The parent insect is a beautiful, clear winged moth with brownish black fore wings, transparent. Fig. 38 Squash vine borer: a male moth; & female moth with wings folded as at rest; c eggs on bit of squash stem; d full grown larva in vine; e pupa; /pupal cell—all enlarged Ys (after Chit- tenden, U. S. dep't agr., div. ent., circ. 38, 2d ser.) hind wings and with legs beautifully ornamented with black and orange tufts. She deposits eggs on almost any part of the plant. Treatment: plant a few early squashes as a trap crop, destroy- ing these vines as soon as the crop is secured. Slit the softer, infested portions, remove the borers and. cover the wounded part with earth. Protect young plants with netting. 47 Striped cucum- ber beetle (D i a - brotica vit- tata). Yellow bee- tles about J inch long, striped with black, occur in num- bers on cucumber and squash vines. The slender, whit- ish, brown headed grubs live on the roots of these plants and frequently cause great 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 New York State Museum; University of the State of New York. Board of Regents. Albany : J. B. Lyon, State Printer
Size: 1980px × 1262px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorne, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectscience
