Papers on the cotton boll weevil and related and associated insects . a pair wasin copulation for 4 hours, and another pair for 3 hours. During theprocess the female assumes the normal position while the male clingsto o»ne side of her, holding on with the fore and hind legs. Oviposition.—The eggs are laid in masses (fig. 8, o) of 40 to 60,tho as few as 10 were recorded in one instance and 23 in records are as follows: 37, 41, 49, 54, and 64. The usualplace for oviposition is the underside of a leaf, near the top of theplant. Egg masses have been collected in this position fr
Papers on the cotton boll weevil and related and associated insects . a pair wasin copulation for 4 hours, and another pair for 3 hours. During theprocess the female assumes the normal position while the male clingsto o»ne side of her, holding on with the fore and hind legs. Oviposition.—The eggs are laid in masses (fig. 8, o) of 40 to 60,tho as few as 10 were recorded in one instance and 23 in records are as follows: 37, 41, 49, 54, and 64. The usualplace for oviposition is the underside of a leaf, near the top of theplant. Egg masses have been collected in this position from Ambrosiasp. and Helianthus sp. The eggs are placed so close to each other,side by side, that in the center of the mass, instead of being cylindrical,they are usually more or less hexagonal. The egg.—The egg (fig. 9) is cylindrical, finely punctured, and variesin color from a bright yellow when first deposited to a light brown «Order Hemiptera, family Reduviidse. 49 50 PAPERS ON THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL, ETC. just before hatching,sions of the egg are as « a. Fig. 8.—Apiomerus spissipes: a, madult, side view; d, same fromenlarged (original). summer 10 to 12 daysdays were required. The collar is shining white. The dimen-follows: Width at narrowest part—justbelow collar— mm.;greatest width, ; length below col-lar, mm.; length ofcollar, mm.; totallength, mm. Thewidth of the collar variesfrom slightly less thanthe greatest width of theegg to slightly more. Incubation. —Incuba-tion varies slightly inthe time required in dif-ferent egg , in May, underconditions exactly thesame, incubation re-quired 12 days in oneinstance and 16 inanother. During mid-were sufficient. Later, in the fall, 14 to 16 FOOD.
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