. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. J 59 Family CLINOCORID^. CIMEX Linn. lectularius Linn. The common "; Wingless, flattened, oval, red-brown in color, found in human habitations throughout the State. They infest not only beds but the crevices and cracks in other furniture and in the woodwork of the room. A free use of gasoline ap- plied twice at intervals of ten days will serve to clean them out, but the appli- cations must be thorough, and every crevice large enough to hold a bug must be dosed. The family term h
. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. J 59 Family CLINOCORID^. CIMEX Linn. lectularius Linn. The common "; Wingless, flattened, oval, red-brown in color, found in human habitations throughout the State. They infest not only beds but the crevices and cracks in other furniture and in the woodwork of the room. A free use of gasoline ap- plied twice at intervals of ten days will serve to clean them out, but the appli- cations must be thorough, and every crevice large enough to hold a bug must be dosed. The family term here used replaces the Cimicidse of the previous list. CECIACUS The bed-bug, Acanthia lectularia. Fig. 68 CE. hirundinis Jen, Infests the nests of swallows; common in parts of Burlington County and probably elsewhere in the State. Is very similar to the preceding in appearance, and a close ally in habits, but does not infest human habitation. Family MIRID^. These are the "leaf-bugs" or "plant-bugs," recorded as Capsidas in the previous edition. They are usually soft in texture, oval in shape, some- what flattened above, with the membraneous tip of wings often sloping down rather abruptly. The colors are green and brown as a rule, more or less mottled and inconspicuous, but red and black bands and spots are not infrequent, and some of them present striking contrasts. While none of the species that occur in this State are first-class pests, many are common and numerous enough to do a great deal of injury that is not always recognized. They feed, as all their allies do, on plant juices, and often puncture buds, blossoms or young shoots, crippling, checking growth or actually killing them. On some small fruits they kill the blossom stalk or even pierce the young fruit, and this kind of injury is not easily avoided. Some winter as adults; hence it is always a good plan to destroy all rubbish, &c., that may serve as a hiding place. Others lay their eggs
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