. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE injury to fruit-trees. It is represented in Fig. 105 in the act of devouring the buds Fig. 105. on a twig. It is of a light yellowish- gray color, varie- gated with dull green, with a dark line down the back, and fainter lines along the sides; the spiracles, or breath- ing-pores, are black. When full grown, it is nearly an inch and a half long, when it enters the earth, and there changes to a brown chrysalis. The moth (Fig. 105) has the fore wings of a light blu
. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE injury to fruit-trees. It is represented in Fig. 105 in the act of devouring the buds Fig. 105. on a twig. It is of a light yellowish- gray color, varie- gated with dull green, with a dark line down the back, and fainter lines along the sides; the spiracles, or breath- ing-pores, are black. When full grown, it is nearly an inch and a half long, when it enters the earth, and there changes to a brown chrysalis. The moth (Fig. 105) has the fore wings of a light bluish gray, with darker markings, and the hind wings pearly white. The length of the body is about seven-tenths of an inch, and the wings measure, when spread, nearly an inch and a half across. The W-marked Cut-worm, Agrotis elandestina (Harris) (Fig. 106), has also been found, feeding on apple-buds, al- though it more frequently attacks low bushes, such as currants; also succulent plants, such as young corn, cabbages, etc. The moth of this species (Fig. 107) has the fore wings of a rather dark ash-gray color, with the deeper lines and wavy bands but faintly traced. The hind wings are dull white, with a tinge of brown, becoming darker towards the hinder edge. The chrysalis is of the usual brown color, and is formed in a cell under the earth, as in the other species referred to. The family of cut-worms is a large one, and embraces many other destructive species, but none of them, except those above mentioned, are known to have the habit of climbing trees. Some of the other injurious species will be Fm. 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 Saunders, William, 1836-1914. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co
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