. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. NUT-WEE riLS — MEAL WORM 369 The adults come out from the ground in spring, and continue emerging thi'oughout the summer. When tlie nuts are large enough, they punc- ture them through the husk or burr with their long snouts, and lay their eggs within. The grubs mature usually soon after the nuts fall, eat their waj' out, and winter in the soil. Nuts should be gathered regularly and at frequent in- tervals. In the case of chest- nuts it is wise to fumigate with carbon bisulphide inunediately after gathering. T
. Injurious insects : how to recognize and control them . Insect pests; Insect pests. NUT-WEE riLS — MEAL WORM 369 The adults come out from the ground in spring, and continue emerging thi'oughout the summer. When tlie nuts are large enough, they punc- ture them through the husk or burr with their long snouts, and lay their eggs within. The grubs mature usually soon after the nuts fall, eat their waj' out, and winter in the soil. Nuts should be gathered regularly and at frequent in- tervals. In the case of chest- nuts it is wise to fumigate with carbon bisulphide inunediately after gathering. The gas wiU pene- trate the nuts and kill the weevils, some of which will be so small that they have not yet damaged the kernel Fig. 589. -Work of the Hickory Nut Weevil. Original. The Yellow Mealworm {Tenebrio molitor Linn.) Corn meal or similar material is often infested with yelloT^ash or brownish worms, an inch long when full grown, their backs shining and " hard-shelled," looking somewhat hke wireworms. The adult is a. 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 O'Kane, Walter Collins, b. 1877. New York : The Macmillan Company
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